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Exodus/Shemoth 24 – "the sight of the Glory of YHVH (was) like a consuming fire"

[This is a Sinaite’s perspective.  Translation: EV/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  First posted November 16, 2012.–Admin1..] Picture yourself as a clueless gentile among the mixed multitude of slaves gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai. You’ve known these Hebrew slaves since you ended as a slave yourself in Egypt.  You went through that whole experience […]

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The Creator – 6a – Making humans in God's Image

[Reposting from its first publication October 11, 2012.   This is the commentary from the post:   Genesis/Bere’shith 1: “At the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth”    Sources are: Pentateuch and Haftarah, ‘EF’ is Everett Fox; ‘RA’ is Robert Alter.  —Admin1]   ————————— 26. God said:   Let us make humankind, […]

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The Sacrificial System in the TORAH

[This is first posted October 10, 2012 as part of a series under ‘Discourse’ between ex-Messianic Sinaites and their former bible teacher who became a Messianic missionary “MM” who founded Messianic congregations in several Southeast Asian countries.   The specific topic is on Temple ‘offerings’ in the TNK which was called ‘sacrifices’ in the Christian Old Testament.  —Admin1.] […]

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God Has Two Names?

[First posted in 2012 with this introduction:   According to Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, yes, God has “two” names but clarifies what he means.  As it turns out, God has ONE NAME, which Rabbi Sacks, abiding by Jewish tradition, does not name but rather substitutes “Hashem” or “the Name”; the other “name” is actually a […]

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A Sinaite's Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of May

[A 5th Sabbath in a month is like a bonus, and so we take this occasion to borrow from the faith expressions in the prayer tradition of Israel.  This liturgy is patterned after My People’s Prayer Book:  Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries: Seder K’riat Hatorah (The Torah Service), Vol. 4 —edited by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman —Admin1]   —————————  […]

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