[Pray] that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints...
Romans 15:31 ESV
Not every prayer is answered in the way we want. God used the hatred of one group of Jews for another to bring the Gospel to Rome and the Western Empire.
God gives us much leeway in how we live our lives and the choices we make from one day to the next within the bounds set by his Law, but God also has a plan which will be carried out despite all prayers to the contrary. If his plan requires that Paul be arrested in Jerusalem or that a loved one not survive a car accident, then that is what will happen. This doesn’t mean that our prayers go unanswered, but that they are often answered in ways that we wouldn’t prefer or that we didn’t expect.
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WORD FOR TODAY “do you have a heart of stone that refuses to repent?”: Rev 16:11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 27:23 Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;
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One of the questions I am asked is what’s the difference between a sacrifice and an offering. The short answer and being very general is an offering is usually freely given as an act of praise or form of worship. Even a required burnt offering is used as a form of worship. A sacrifice was required as an open admission for sin, a cry of repentance and a request for mercy and forgiveness. However both may have other purposes.
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This edition has translated Ezek 21:9-13 literally.
It seems many translations have missed what is encoded in the grammar; analysis was required.
The LLV translation expands the marking found in some English Bibles (such as KJV, ASV) which italicise some of their words which are not literally translated from words in the source text but are added for the needs of English grammar, or to offer a clear interpretation where the text seems otherwise difficult to understand: (round brackets means it’s a Hebrew/Greek thing, that the sense of the enclosed words is understood to be implied by the grammar or syntax in the original language text), whereas [square brackets means it’s an English thing, that the enclose words that seem required by English, or that the words otherwise go beyond the original language text to offer a possible interpretation]. Also, underscores_joining_words_together indicate that these words are translated from a single word in the original language text. All these markings are presently inconsistent, so that there absence should not be taken to mean that they should not be there; the marking should become more complete in future editions, and words remaining in italics will instead be converted into (round bracket) or [square bracket] style.
e.g. Genesis 1:10: “And God called the dry land Earth; and (the) gathering_(together)_of the_waters he_had_called Seas. And God saw that [it was] good.”
1. (the) is implied in Hebrew by the ‘the’ in “the_waters” at the end of the Hebrew construct chain. Hebrew thus implies all nouns of the chain to be ‘definite’ (as though having ‘the’).
2. [it was] is not needed in the Hebrew syntax here, but English seems to require it.
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In the ancient Middle East, fathering a son was of utmost importance, as from the father's perspective, he was the only opportunity for the continuity of his name, his house, and his inheritance. Lineage was extremely important, which is why last names did not exist at that time; instead, one was called 'son of...'. This was another way in which the bond between father and son was strengthened.
When we put the words av (father) and ben (son) together, something wonderful happens (Hebrew is read from right to left, so I've arranged the Spanish in the same way):
Even=ben+av -אַב+בֵּן=אֶבֶן
The union of father and son equals a stone! The strength and permanence of a stone is comparable to the bond between a father and son.
With this in mind, we can understand Yeshua's passion for calling Yehováh His father, considering the strength of His union with Him as His son, and teaching others to have the same type of bond.
Hebrew word for stone is (אֶבֶן) even.
Hebrew contraction of the word for; father and son. Aleph, Beit = Av אב.
and Beit, Nun = Ben בן.
In unity (yachad יָ֫חַד).
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Several years ago, Michael Rood was working on an apparent contradiction in the book of Matthew that had haunted him for years. He approached Nehemia Gordon, a textual scholar at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, who agreed to use his linguistic expertise to investigate the problem.
The revelations that ensued are thrilling the serious seekers of scriptural truth. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts of the Gospel of Matthew, guarded for centuries in the covert archives of Jewish synagogues, are now being brought to light. Early "church fathers" stated that Matthew wrote his Gospel in Hebrew, and now the seemingly contradictory Gospel records which have confused Greek Bible scholars for centuries, are finally harmonized in the Hebrew Matthew.
This 5-hour series details the epic discovery that clarifies the Gospel of the Kingdom that Yeshua taught his followers by both word and example. This revelation is shaking the Christian and Messianic Jewish world and is delivering believers from the nicolaitan system that Yeshua exposed and conquered -- yet is alive and well in the manipulative world of man-made religion.
Join Biblical historian Michael Rood and his guest, eminent Hebrew scholar Nehemia Gordon, for this exciting multi-media presentation: Raiders of the Lost Book - Discoveries in the Ancient Hebrew Texts of the Gospel of Matthew.
Thought for Today: Thursday July 10
As believers, we are not to isolate ourselves for world in which we live… The Old Testament prophets condemned those who ignored the poor and exploited the weak... As believers, we know human society is affected by sin, and any effort to improve society always be incomplete and imperfect. We will never build another Garden of Eden on earth, but we must do all we can to alleviate suffering, and to strike at the root causes of injustice, racial prejudice, hunger and violence… Yeshua saw the crowds and “was moved with compassion” (Matthew 9:36.) Our Moshiach is concerned about the whole person -- including the society in which that person lives. Do we share His concerns?
Are we tired of the lies, yet?
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Romans 15:32 ESV
There is no shame or lack of faith in praying “If it be your will, let such and such be done” so long as we aren’t using it as an excuse to expect God to say no. This was how Paul responded to the Ephesians who wanted him to stay longer: “I will return to you if God wills.”
See also James 4:15, which advises prayer in this manner to help avoid praying for one’s own will for one’s own benefit or as if God was a mere sprite to be commanded by magic incantations.
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