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 – GOD IS WAITING

WORD STUDY – GOD IS WAITING

  Isaiah 30:18: “And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted that he might be merciful upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment, blessed are all that wait for him.”   “He was there all the time,...
WORD STUDY – GOD WILL FILL THE EARTH

WORD STUDY – GOD WILL FILL THE EARTH

  Numbers 14:21: “But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.”   “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo Montague, Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene II – William...
WORD STUDY – THE LORD OF HOST

WORD STUDY – THE LORD OF HOST

Zechariah 1:3: “Therefore say thou until them; Thus, saith the Lord of hosts, turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of Host, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of Host.   Is it just me or do you get the impression that it is the Lord of Host who is speaking?  So...
WORD STUDY – CRY AND AFFLICTION

WORD STUDY – CRY AND AFFLICTION

Deuteronomy 26:7: “And we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cries and saw our affliction.” When I was teaching in an academic setting, I never referred to the gematria because it is usually considered very unacademic.  The Western...