Good video a little over 5 minutes on whether or not women belong in combat.
https://www.prageru.com/videos..../do-women-belong-in-
I have a few comics out there showing how I associate this instance of Jacob wrestling YHWH with professional wrestling. Over Sukkot this year, we had a comedy show. I entered in with a human video (acting out what is happening in a song) to a song I wrote called "Bless Me". It is written in a way of what I would picture Jacob saying if he was a professional wrestler.
In the human video, I acted out a backstage interview, complete with my daughter being the interviewer. Because of how heavy the song is, and not everyone watching wrestling, I don't know that people got what I was doing up there. I think most just thought I was being a "rock singer".
Either way, it was a lot of fun and gave me ideas for something even more crazy next year. I hope all that have celebrated Sukkot this year had a blessed one.
(If you are curious on the song, you can listen to it here: https://music.ttn.place/album/P8xWiQ34UcZrVsM)
https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/1010
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102025 / 27th day of the 7th month 5786
WORD FOR TODAY ”what kind of covenant do you have”: Gen 6:18 "But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 21:17 Pleasure-lovers will suffer want; he who loves wine and oil won't get rich.
Ask the LORD how you can serve HIM better
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BIBLE STUDY --- THE SAVIOUR
THE NARROW GATE
From Matthew 7
[Don’t look for faults in others, or they will look for faults in you. Others will be critical of you in the same way you are critical of them, why do you look for the little speck of dirt in someone’s eye when you have something much worse in your own? How can you possibly talk about removing his speck of dirt before you clean out your own eye? You fake! Clean out your own eye first, then you will see clearly to help your friend clean his. Don’t throw what is holy to the dogs. They may turn upon you and tear you to pieces. Don’t throw pearls to pigs. They will only trample them into the mud. To receive, you must first ask. To find, you must first look. The door will open only when you knock first. For when you ask, you will receive. When you look, you will find. And when you knock, the door will open to you. If your child asks you for bread, would you give him a rock to eat instead? If your child asks for a fish, would you give him a poisonous snake? Even though you are sinners, you do know how to give good things to your children. Then how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who keep on asking Him! All of the Law and the teaching of the prophets can be summed up this way: Do for others what you want others to do for you. The way to heaven is a hard road and goes through a narrow gate. The way to hell is a wide, easy road, crowded with the multitudes who choose the easier way. The Way of Life is not easy, but it is not crowded either, for few seek to go on it. Watch out for false teachers who can be compared to hungry wolves disguised as gentle sheep. You can recognize them through the results of their work. Grapes do not come from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles. Good trees bear good fruit, and rotten trees give bad fruit. But the tree that produces bad fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. It is with these false teachers. Their fruits will identify them. Merely because a person calls Me {Adonai} does not mean that he will enter into My home in heaven. People do not get to My home by their religious talk. No, they come by pleasing My Father in their lives. When the Day of Judgment comes, many will say to Me, ‘Adonai! Adonai! We shared YHVH’s message in Your Name and drove out demons and performed miracles.’ But I must say to them, ‘Go away! You are not My own, and I do not know you. You are still sinners.’ Everyone who listens to My Words and does what I tell him will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock. When rains come, and the water rises, and the winds pound against that house, it will stand firm, for it is built on a rock. But everyone who listens to My Words and does not do what I say is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. When rains come, and the water rises, and the winds pound against his house, it will fall. And what a terrible sound it will make as it tumbles down.] The people were amazed to hear this sermon, for Yeshua spoke with great authority, not at all like their own teachers of the Law.
COMMENTARY
BIBLE-TIME HOUSES
For most people during Bible times, a house was a place of refuge from bad weather and a shelter where they could sleep at night. Only the rich had homes comfortable enough to stay in for any length of time, so most families spent their days out of doors. The average home was usually built of stone or clay bricks. The bricks were formed from a mixture of mud and straw, baked in an oven or in the hot sun. A mortar made of additional mud was used to hold the bricks in place. The roofs of most houses were wooden rafters covered by a layer of reeds or the broken branches of thorn bushes. On top of this a layer of clay was packed down hard with a heavy roller. The roller remained on the roof so that the mud could once again be packed down and allowed to dry after each rain. Often grass grew from the mud, creating a green top like those on thatch houses in some parts of the world today. Most houses had only a few windows. They were placed high on the walls to keep out as much dirt and dust as possible. The windows were usually put in the side of the house that faced away from the hot afternoon sun. This natural air-conditioning system kept the inside of the house dark and cool during the brilliant heat of the day. Wind and rain came through easily, because the window openings were not covered. Wooden lattices built across them were the only protection from the weather -- and robbers. The very poorest people lived in huts of only one room. Those not quite so poor might have two or three rooms. For their protection from thieves, whatever animals they had were brought indoors at night to sleep with the family. A common layout for houses had two stories. The low-hanging roof of the first level came forward to form a kind of patio that led into the room of the second level. With this arrangement, it was then customary for the family to sleep in the second level, and use the first story as a stable for the animals brought indoors each night. During the day, that same stable room was used as a workshop or a children’s playroom. Most of the larger houses were surrounded by a wall that formed a courtyard. It was more than a sort of front yard; it was considered a part of the house. The low long roof of the first floor and the courtyard were where families spent most of their time. They made it possible to be outdoors and at home at the same time. When the weather was good and warm enough, people slept on the roof. In larger towns, where the houses were built closer together, the roof made it possible for people to stand and exchange the day’s news without going away from home. The insides of the houses were very simple. There were few of the pieces of furniture and other items that people today think of as necessary. Usually the house held a plain, sturdy table, and some mats spread on the floor to use as seats. Reed or rush mats were used as mattresses. Almost all the work performed in the house was done while seated on the floor. A hollow, lined hole in the middle of the floor held the fire, which was used both to cook with and to supply a little heat when necessary. There was no chimney, and the smoke would travel slowly out the windows. The room was usually hazy with smoke, as well as dark with the little light that came in through those windows. Water was supplied by the container, or cistern, that collected rainwater out in the courtyard. Only the very fortunate had a real well as part of their house. When the cisterns ran dry, most people had to walk to the village well and carry back large jars filled with water. For light, people used lamps shaped like small clay bowls and filled with olive oil. Usually, a short wick floated in the bowl, but sometimes it was set in the rim. The light it gave off was pale and dim. Most people kept a lamp burning throughout the night. They believed it kept out the evil spirits who lurked outside the walls. There was another very practical reason to keep a lamp burning. It discouraged thieves. Since the walls were made only of mud, it was a simple matter for a patient thief to dig his way into the house. Houses in Bible times were simple and held little. But they were home and shelter for the people who lived in them, and that is really what a house must be.
BIBLE STUDY --- THE SAVIOUR
TREASURE --- MORE WORDS THAT CHANGE LIVES
From Matthew 6
[Be careful not to display your good works publicly. If you do these things to impress others, your Father in heaven will not reward you for them. When you give to a needy person, don’t try to attract everyone’s attention, as some people do in YHVH’s house and out in the streets. Why do they do it? Because they want others to say good things about them. But that is the only reward they will get. Instead of doing this, keep your giving so secret that even your left hand will not know what your right hand is doing. Then your Father, who shares all your secrets, will reward you publicly. Don’t make a show of your prayers, as some do. They like to attract attention when they pray in YHVH’s house or in the street. But that is all the reward they get. When you pray, go into your room and close the door. Then pray to your Father privately. Your Father, who sees all you do, will reward you. When you pray, don’t recite a prayer again and again, the way the heathen do. They think that they must keep on mumbling their prayers so that YHVH will answer. Don’t be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask Him. Here is a pattern for your prayers:
[Our Father Which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever. Amen.]
[If you forgive others for what they have done against you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you withhold your forgiveness from others, then your Father in heaven will withhold His forgiveness from you. When you fast, or refuse to eat for a spiritual reason, don’t make a show of it, as some people do. They go around with a sad, hungry look, trying to attract attention to their fasting. The sympathy and attention they get will be their only reward. When you fast, dress well, with your face washed and your hair combed so that you don’t call attention to your fasting. Then only your Father in heaven will know what you are doing. As He shares your secret, He will also share His rewards with you. Don’t depend on the earth as a storehouse for your treasure. It’s too easy here for your riches to get stolen or to rot away. If you want an absolutely safe place for them, put them in the Bank of Heaven. Thieves can’t break in there to steal your riches and there is nothing to take away the value from them. It is also true that wherever you put your treasure, you will put your heart. Your eyes are like windows, letting the light into your soul. If you cloud your eyes with ungodly things, they will cast a shadow over your soul. And the darkness of that shadow can be depressing. No one can serve two masters. If you try, you will give your loyalties to one and your hatred to the other. Beware of trying to make both YHVH and wealth your masters! Do not fret and worry about food and clothing. You’re alive, aren’t you? Your body is far more important than the food you put into it or the clothes you put on it. Learn a lesson from the birds. They don’t plant and harvest and gather their harvest into barns. And yet, your Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds to Him? What will your worries add to your life? Why are you so worried about clothing? Look at the wild flowers growing in the field. They don’t struggle to earn money or make their clothing. But even Solomon, with all his rich clothing, had none as beautiful as these flowers. If YHVH clothes the flowers so beautifully, which are here for only a day or so, how much more will He give you for your wardrobe. How small is your faith! Stop worrying about food and clothing. The ungodly are always striving to possess these things. Of course your Father in heaven knows that you need them! But He wants you to put Him first in your life, seeking to please Him in all that you do. Then He will give you all of your daily needs. Don’t fill your life with worries about tomorrow. Tomorrow will bring its own share of troubles. Concern yourself with each day as YHVH gives it to you.]
COMMENTARY
FLOWERS OF THE LAND
Although some of the flowers have been given new names since Bible times, most of those that grew in ancient Palestine still bloom today in modern Israel.
IRIS
The bright blossoms on the long stem of the iris earned it the nickname of the {yellow flag.} It is often found in large patches in the shallow water at the edge of streams and lakes. The flower was used in old remedies for bruises, snake bite and coughs.
NARCISSUS
The sweet-smelling blossoms of the narcissus cover the fields of modern Israel just as they did during the time of Yeshua. They bloom year after year from the bulbs that lie hidden under the soil.
ANEMONE
Anemones grow wild throughout the land of Israel in the spring. Their bright red, yellow and blue blossoms create large patches of colour. They were called windflowers in Bible times, because they wave in the spring breezes that blow across the fields.
DANDELION
The Jews learned to eat the leaves of this bright yellow flower when they were in captivity in Egypt. It became a part of their Passover Feast when YHVH Commanded them to eat bitter herbs with their roast lamb and unleavened bread. Dandelion leaves are still used in salads today.
CROCUS
The crocus is always one of the first wild flowers to blossom in the spring. In Israel it blooms in a rainbow of colours: white, pink, purple, blue and yellow. A yellow powder made from the centre of the crocus is used as a spice and dye.
TULIP
The tulip is sometimes identified as the rose of Sharon in the Song of Solomon. Because it was a scarce flower in ancient Palestine, its beauty was especially prized. Like the narcissus, the tulip also grows from a bulb.
HYACINTH
In the fields and rocky places of Palestine, the hyacinths grow so thick that the ground is carpeted with their blossoms. In the spring, whole fields are perfumed with their sweet fragrance. They are easily identified by their distinctive blue colour.
STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM
This small white flower that grows so plentifully in the Middle Fast was used for food in times of famine. The root of the flower was dried and ground into meal in Bible times. Mixed with flour, it could then be used to make bread.
BIBLE STUDY --- THE SAVIOUR
THE WAY TO BLESSEDNESS
From Matthew 5
On a certain day, Yeshua left the crowds and went up into a mountain. When His disciples arrived, Yeshua sat down to teach them. Here is what He taught:
[Happy are those who are humble, for YHVH will share His home with them. Happy are those who express their sorrow, for YHVH will bring His comfort to them. Happy are those who do not demand much, for YHVH will give them the world. Happy are those who desire to please Him, for YHVH will give them a satisfied heart. Happy are those who show mercy to others, for YHVH will reward them with His own. Happy are those whose hearts are pure, for YHVH will be their friend. Happy are those who lead others to peace, for YHVH will claim them as His own children. Happy are those who are treated wrongfully because they do what YHVH desires, for YHVH will give them heaven for their reward. Happy are you when others insult you and persecute you and say evil against you because you are Mine. Be glad! Be very glad! For YHVH will reward you greatly in heaven, for even the prophets were treated this way.
[You disciples are like salt, seasoning a tasteless, undesirable world. But if you become tasteless yourselves, where will you find your seasoning? Worthless salt is discarded for people to trample under their feet. [You disciples are like light, illuminating a dark world. As a city built on a mountain, you must let your light be seen. Send your light to all around you, as a glowing candle mounted on a stand, not under a basket. Thus, your goodness will be seen by others and they will praise your Father in heaven. You must understand why I have come to earth. My purpose is to make the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets come true, not to do away with them. Listen to this! Every Law of YHVH will remain until the end of time and it accomplishes what He intended. Whoever breaks the least important Commandment and teaches others to do the same will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys YHVH’s Laws and teaches others to obey them will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Let Me tell you this: if you expect to go to heaven, you must please YHVH more than the Pharisees and teachers of the Law please Him. The Law said that you should not kill, for if you do, you will be brought to court for justice. But let Me tell you more. If you are merely angry without a reason, even to your brother, you face the same judgment. If you speak to him with contempt, you may face a worse penalty. And if you curse him, you may face the judgment of hell. If you have gone to YHVH’s House to present an offering and remember that a friend has something against you, go quickly to your friend and make peace with him. Then you are ready to present your offering to YHVH. If someone sues you, be friendly with him before you get to court. Otherwise, the judge may rule against you and you may face jail and great expense. The Law of Moses said that you must not commit adultery. But let Me tell you more. If you even look at a woman with that in mind, you are guilty of doing it. It would be better to give up your best eye or your best hand than to let them constantly lead you into sin, and then to hell. The Law of Moses also said! that if you wish to break your marriage with your wife, you may do so by giving her a letter of divorce. But let Me tell you more. If you do this to your wife, unless she has been unfaithful to you, you will cause her and her future husband to commit adultery. It has also been said in the Law of Moses that you must not break promises that you have vowed before YHVH that you would keep. But let Me tell you more. You should never make promises with such vows. Don’t vow by heaven, for it is YHVH’s throne, nor by earth, for on it YHVH rests His feet. Don’t vow by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Don’t even vow by your own head because you cannot control the natural colour of your hair. Simply say ‘I will do it’ or ‘I will not do it.’ To make your promises stronger will get you into trouble. The Law said that a man who destroys another’s eye must give up an eye as punishment. Or if he destroys a tooth, then he must lose a tooth also. But let Me tell you more. You must not want revenge for someone who hurts you. If someone hits your right cheek, let him hit your left cheek also, if someone sues you to get your shirt, give him your coat also. If anyone makes you go a mile with him, then go on with him another mile. When someone asks you for something, give it to him, and if he wants to borrow something, lend it to him. The Law said that you must love your friends and hate your enemies. But let Me tell you more. You must love your enemies and pray for those who hurt you. This is the kind of conduct which the Father expects from His true sons. For He sends the sunshine and rain on good and evil people alike. If you love only those who love you, what does that do? Even those with bad reputations, such as the tax collectors, do that. And if you make friends only with those who are like you, what have you done? That is what the heathen does. You should seek to be like your Father, for He is perfect.]
COMMENTARY
HATTIN AND BEATITUDES: TWO MOUNTAINS
The exact place where Yeshua gave the Sermon on the Mount is lost in the distant past. There are no records of any kind to help in identifying the location. Even the Gospels do not mention the exact place. The most they supply is a useful hint. The writers of the New Testament reveal only that it must have been near Yeshua’ home in Capernaum. Capernaum was on the northern side of the Sea of Galilee. The mountainside on which He stood and gave the Sermon on the Mount to the crowd gathered below must be somewhere near there. But the Sea of Galilee is surrounded by many high hills and mountains, and the question remains: which one was it? Traditional belief has settled on two places as the most likely locations for the Sermon on the Mount. The first is a mountain known as the Horns of Hattin. It was given that name because of twin peaks that adorn its head like horns. It is about four miles northwest of Tiberias, approximately six or seven miles southwest of Capernaum. The heights of Hattin look down over the Sea of Galilee to the east and the Plain of Gennesaret on the west. The {horns} of Mount Hattin are actually the craters of two ancient volcanoes that have been dead for thousands of years. A natural hollow is formed between them, where Yeshua might have spoken to a large crowd of people. The second location believed most likely for the Sermon on the Mount is a hill some miles closer to the site of Capernaum. It is much lower than the Horns of Hattin, but its gentle sloping sides make good gathering places for a crowd. Because of its possible connection with the Sermon on the Mount, the hill has come to be called the Mount of Beatitudes. It is highlighted by a small chapel built at the top of the slope. The view from the Church of the Beatitudes is down a grassy slope to where it meets the edge of the water. From there, it is only a two-mile walk along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum and Yeshua’ home.
So much has happened while we were away, where to begin… Deuteronomy 13 is given to show us how to recognize false prophets. This past week several people have been trying to fit the events of the Israel peace deal into some timeline of prophecy. Sadly they have shown they have no understanding of the Bible. Any attempt to fit a single event such as a cease fire into an eschatology timeline is futile. As important as this week was for everyone living in the region, this single event has no other markers or clues to consider it prophetic in nature. Sometimes good things happen to Israel because our Creator is watching over His land.
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