https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog..../2019/07/16/what-doe
Are you Christian, or are you Hebrew?
Abraham, the father of the faithful, was one who left Babylon and crossed over to become a Hebrew. Crossed over from what? Read on…
Most of Numbers 32 is a negotiation between three parties with Moses acting as mediator: 1) Reuben and Gad, 2) The other 10 tribes, 3) God.
Reuben and Gad were camped beside each other in the wilderness, so it's no surprise that they asked for adjoining land in Canaan. I wonder if Reuben's former position as the firstborn left a lingering bitterness and contributed to their desire to be on the opposite side of the Jordan from Judah.
Dathan and Abiram were Reubenites. Were they hoping to set up a separate kingdom one day, perhaps? On the other hand, verse 2 seems to indicate that this was a populist movement rather than an idea of the tribal leadership.
072225 / 26th day of the 4th month 5786
WORD FOR TODAY “what is in your heart that GOD will bless or curse?”: 1Ki 11:4 For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 27:4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?
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Jude 1:3, “Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.” A couple of questions we should ask are; “What is the faith?” And; “Who are the saints?” The answer might surprise you.
"Cast from upon you all your transgressions, which ye have transgressed in them, and make you a heart new, and a spirit new; and why will ye die?"
הַשְׁלִיכוּ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם אֶת־כָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר פְּשַׁעְתֶּם בָּם וַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם לֵב חָדָשׁ וְרוּחַ חֲדָשָׁה וְלָמָּה תָמֻתוּ
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Thought for Today: Tuesday July 22
It is natural to concentrate on what the angels do for us, these who are: “sent to serve those who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). But the bible indicates the angels do much more than that. Especially we are told, the angels unite in constant praise to YHVH, giving Glory to His Name and rejoicing in His Holiness and Perfection… Is this not an example for us? Should rejoicing and praise not be the hallmark of our lives? Praise, worship and glory to YHVH will banish darkness, and bring you closer to Him.
"If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you."
John 15:10-14
I'm convinced that Paul had Yeshua's Passover dialog in mind when he wrote his letter to the Ephesians. The passage above is the foundation for understanding Eph 5. If you don't understand Yeshua's relationship to his disciples and theirs to each other, you also won't understand the relationships of believer to believer, husband to wife, or wife to husband.
The same Messiah who said, "love one another", said "You are my friends *if you obey*. He serves his disciples, even to the point of death, but he serves with unquestioned power and authority over them.
The first step in justifying opposition to and even oppression of a group of people is to dehumanize them. That can be a subtle, even deceptive, process, camouflaged with good intentions and gentle words, but the result is the same as virulent propaganda. As David Altman explains in this third part of our conversation, that is the pattern of Jew hatred over the centuries – even within the church in all its forms.
At its root, hatred of Jewish people and the nation of Israel is a spiritual issue. That’s why it’s wise to understand how to walk in the Spirit. That’s the topic of “Spiritually Minded,” the latest midrash by David Jones and Barry Phillips. To be spiritually minded, we have to turn away from the world and our flesh and toward God, which is the message Mason Clover and Laura Metzing share in their music.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/174863
The first step in justifying opposition to and even oppression of a group of people is to dehumanize them. That can be a subtle, even deceptive, process, camouflaged with good intentions and gentle words, but the result is the same as virulent propaganda. As David Altman explains in this third part of our conversation, that is the pattern of Jew hatred over the centuries – even within the church in all its forms.
At its root, hatred of Jewish people and the nation of Israel is a spiritual issue. That’s why it’s wise to understand how to walk in the Spirit. That’s the topic of “Spiritually Minded,” the latest midrash by David Jones and Barry Phillips. To be spiritually minded, we have to turn away from the world and our flesh and toward God, which is the message Mason Clover and Laura Metzing share in their music.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/174863