Counting the Omer: From Redemption to Revelation The Omer is a daily counting starting from the day of the giving of the Omer (a first sickle cutting of barley that …
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Are God’s Instructions Necessary? As a kid I remember building many plastic models ranging from Apollo rockets, planes to racing cars. One of the first things that came out of …
Our Daily Bread ‘Bread’ (לֶחֶם / leẖֵem) is a word we use daily, but such words, especiallyֵ, have a great potential to surprise us, when it comes to the ways …
In The Beginning… These words open the description of God’s creation and its saga. This is just the beginning, can we at least find some order we can understand? Creation …
Was God’s Judgement Final? At the trial of Jesus, provoked by their leaders to do so, an angry mob called for Jesus’ death and cried out, “Let his blood be …
The Gentiles and the Restoration of Israel In Matthew 8:11-12 we encounter one of Jesus’ most controversial statements. In reaction to the extraordinary faith of the Roman centurion Jesus declares, …
The Branch of David In Matthew 2:23 we learn that Jesus’ family settled in the small town of Nazareth “in order that what was spoken through the prophets might be …
Passover and the End Times Biblical scholars are well aware of the fact that Jesus celebrated the Passover and that this event must shape our understanding of the Lord’s Supper. …