In Matthew 5:13 Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. Salt prevents corruption and decay and it is a natural preservative. Many commentaries agree that Jesus……
The books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings are part of the (Earlier) Prophets’ (see the Hebrew Bible).
They are not historical books but prophetic books. Historical books are about things that happened a long time ago. Prophetic books are for now – the time in which we are living. The book of Joshua – when……
The meaning of the Hebrew names of the sons of Jacob (Genesis 29 and 30)
Reuben רְאוּבֵן “Look A Son” (is born to me) Simeon שִׁמְעוֹן “One Who Hears” Levi לֵוִי “Being Attached” “Joined” Judah יְהוּדָה “Praise” (be to God) Issachar יִשָּׂשכָר (He is my) “Reward/recompense” Zebulun זְבֻלוּן (He is my)……
The Torah is full of types and shadows of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. …
The three most holy……
When Paul, in his letters in the New Testament, talks about the relationship between men and women, he constantly refers back to something known as ‘the creation order’. He is not giving arbitrary advice based on his personal assessment of the situation, but he teaches and reinforces the values and principals laid down when……
Paul wrote to the Colossians:
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having
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The Old Hebrew or the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet is an offshoot of the ancient Semitic alphabet, identical to the Phoenician alphabet. It dates at least back to the 10th century BCE. Some Paleo-Hebrew fragments of the Torah were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
This square typeface style……
The order of the books of the First Testament in most Christian Bibles differs from the Hebrew Bible. The order of the books is derived from the Septuagint – a Greek translation of the Old Testament that endeavoured to place the books in some kind of chronological order. The Hebrew Bible, however orders the books not according to when……
In order to understand God’s plans for the future, to understand the prophetic books of the Bible and to be able to interpret them in a biblical way, it is imperative first of all to understand God’s blueprint [1]. A lot of people are concerned about the future of the world. The current spate of natural disasters around the……
Many of us deeply desire to see the power and glory that was visible in the early church being manifested in our churches today. What did they do differently to what we do today? The Bible gives us a number of ‘keys’ that contribute to the making the Kingdom of God more visible. One of these keys is fasting.
