WORD STUDY – AFRAID (BEYOND THE DALETH)

Deuteronomy 7:17-18: If thou shalt say in thine heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?” Thou shalt not be afraid of them but shall remember what the Lord did unto Pharaoh and all of Egypt.   When twelve spies confronted giants in the...

WORD STUDY – A SOUND FROM HEAVEN

Genesis 18:10: “And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him.”   I was reading in an ancient rabbinical work which noted that there was no preposition in the original text before the word door.   Rabbi Shimon in this ancient text translated this as...

WORD STUDY – SHADDAI

Genesis 17:1 “The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou perfect.”   The Lord appeared unto Abram.  The word appeared is ra’ah which has the idea of seeing through spiritual eyes.  It is also used for a...

WORD STUDY – BIRDS CHIRPING AND DANCING

Genesis 15:9-10:  “And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.  And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid one against another; but the birds...

WORD STUDY – ZAMAR AND DAMAR

Matthew 8:26  “And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.”   Luke 8:25 “And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered…   I have...