Question 182: Where does the name “Hebrews” come from?
Answer:
It is held by the best authorities and by the Jews themselves that the name is derived from Heber or Eber (which means "from the other side" or a sojourner or immigrant). Heber was the son of Salah and the father of Peleg (see Genesis 10:24, 11:14 and 1 Chronicles 1:19). Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew (Genesis 14:13), presumably in the immigrant sense. The name is seldom used of the Israelites in the Old Testament, except when the speaker is a foreigner or when the Israelites speak of themselves to one of another nation. Some writers have held that Hebrew is derived from Abraham (Abrai), but this explanation is not generally adopted.
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Question 181: What does “YHVH’s Image” mean?
Answer:
In discussing spiritual things, to be right, no one can go beyond the word of Scripture. The Bible tells us that YHVH gave to man a living soul. In this sense he was in the image of his Maker in his dispositions, temperament and desires and in his obedience to the divine will; but this condition was forfeited through sin. It could only be said thereafter of those who walked uprightly before YHVH and were inspired of him, that they were "His offspring." (Matthew 13:38; Mark 7:10. See John 12:36; Acts 13:10; Colossians 3:6.) Yeshua Himself drew the distinction when he told the wicked scribes and Pharisees that they were the children of the evil one and this is the actual condition of every one living in sin, unrepentant and unforgiving. Thus, while in his perfect condition man was like his Maker, in a condition of sin he is no longer so, nor has he any of the spiritual attributes and qualities that belong to the perfect condition or even of the pardoned sinner, who has the hope through Moshiach of reconciliation and restoration. The Bible nowhere declares that man is of himself and inherently immortal. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." When sin entered, then came physical decay and death; man's first condition was lost and with the continuance of sin, and unrepentant and unforgiving, he also forfeited spiritual immortality. Eternal life is the gift of YHVH. Paul declares that Yeshua, through his Gospel, brought life and immortality to light for fallen man and showed the path to restoration through repentance, forgiveness and acceptance.
Take a look at some of the water immersion that happened around the United States this year!
"An abomination to Yahweh thy God are all who do such things: all who do unrighteousness."
תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כָּל־עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה כֹּל עֹשֵׂה עָוֶל
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Thought for Today: Friday January 24
Wholehearted, real laughter heals, it encourages others and relaxes anyone within hearing distance. The laughter that comes from love, widens the space around it – gives room to the loved one to enter in. Real laughter welcomes and never shuts out.
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Hello brothers and sisters. Here is our Sabbath bulletin for the coming service on 1/25/2025: https://firstfruits.cc/blog/20....25/01/23/sabbath-bul
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Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
Exodus 8:21
This verse doesn't say "flies" in Hebrew. It says "swarms" without specifying what kind of swarm. The literal meaning of the Hebrew "arob" is related to a mixture or churning. Some interpret this to mean a mix of different kinds of animals. I wonder if it could also have been a divinely ironic reference to the mixed multitude that Egypt held in slavery: "Since you won't let my swarm of people go, I'll send another of my swarms to make you let them go."
Swarms of flies can also be a symptom of the absence of God. The plague of flies was absent from the land of the Hebrews in Egypt.
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