WORD STUDY – JACOB OR ISRAEL

Ezekiel 39:25, 29:  (25)”Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I bring the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.”  (29) “Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my...

WORD STUDY – PROMPT

Exodus 25:1-2:  “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they take for Me an offering; of every man whose heart prompts him, you shall take My offering.’” Why did God want the people to donate their gold, silver and other...

WORD STUDY – PRIDE OF COUNTENANCE

Psalms 10:4 “ The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.”   In studying an ancient language we must bear in mind that there exist ellipses just as in modern English.  The only difference is that in modern...

Word Study – Cephas-Stone

  John 1:42  “And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be(Aramaic uses a pefect tense – are) called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.”   Years ago I worked in a mailroom and one of my...

Devotional Psalms 19:10

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar; Psalms 19:10: “More to be desired are they than gold, more than fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” David is speaking here of the law of the Word of God.  He has found the Word of God to be more desirable  than gold or...