One of the more interesting Hebrew words I’ve come across is manna. First, to place manna in Biblical history: Manna in the Bible The word manna is initially found in Exodus 16, also in Numbers 11, and in Moses’ recap – Deuteronomy 8, and later in a few other places. Beginning in Exodus 7, the […]
Death: The Ultimate Rude Interruption
Death. What is it … … the end of life on this mortal plane? … the beginning of the hereafter? … the start of the last transformation? Death, Be Not Rude Death drafts behind Disease, Disaster, and Destruction like the second place car on the […]
How Are Thee, Thou, Thy, and Thine Used in the Bible?
Have you ever gotten tangled up in the Second Person Singular Familiar found in the KJV? You know, those pesky “thee’s,” “thou’s, “thy’s,” and “thine’s.” (Ooops, I forgot to include “thyself.”) Have you ever been bewildered by its “art’s,” “wert’s,” and “wilt’s”? Those are some of the verb forms that go […]
In Times of Suffering and Hardship, Such as the Pandemic, Can Good Come From Bad?
As illness follows illness, as death follows death, as new virus mutations appear, it can be hard to see any good in all of the bad. And it may be impossible to even imagine good coming from bad. A Quick Look Lesson 1) God does not cause bad things to happen; […]
In Times of Trials and Suffering Like the COVID-19 Pandemic, Who Are We Compared to God?
In these days, months, now years of difficulties, distress, and discouragement, it can be easy to disbelieve that God knows what is happening. Easy to disbelieve that His power and might is supreme. Easy to disbelieve that He is present in our difficulties, that He Is Immanuel – “God With Us.” 7 Lessons From Job: […]
Why I Use the Hebrew Name for God: YHVH – YeHoVaH
Hello! My name is (fill in the blank) [You know, the ubiquitous name tags.] What’s your name? Do you know God the Father has a Name? A personal name. Not a title or an attribute. But a Name, representing Him as a unique entity. The Israelites, and later, the […]