WORD STUDY – SEEING VOICES

by | Jul 31, 2013 | Devotionals

Exodus 20:18: “And all the people were seeing the thunder voices and the torches and the voice of the shofar and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.”   This verse presents a very obvious question, how could...

Word Study – Another God

by | Jul 30, 2013 | Devotionals

Exodus 20:3 “Thou shalt have no other (another) gods before me.”   A man came to a rabbi and asked if the rabbi could teach him the deep mysteries of God.  The rabbi asked the man a question.  Two burglars entered a house through a chimney.  Upon emerging from...

Word Study – Shekhinah Glory

by | Jul 29, 2013 | Devotionals

Exodus 40:35: “And Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud rested (shakhan) upon it , and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.”  Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because of the Shekhinah glory. The Talmud and other Jewish...

Word Study – Fool and His Folly

by | Jul 28, 2013 | Devotionals

Proverbs 26:4  “Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.”   Practically every modern translation will render the Hebrew word kasal as fool.  In Proverbs 26 the writer devotes twelve verses to the word kasal (fool) warning us...

Word Study – Hand

by | Jul 27, 2013 | Devotionals

Exodus 17:11: “And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.” Some have suggested that Moses holding his hand up was sort of like a battle flag.  In the heat of battle, you are not sure whether...