[First posted November 18, 2013. Honestly . . . if God spells out what’s involved in the “IF” —obey or disobey—what part of “IF” do we not understand? Would it not be better to stay on the safe side, since there is automatic blessing in obedience? For anyone clearly forewarned of […]
[First posted November 18, 2013. Honestly . . . if God spells out what’s involved in the “IF” —obey or disobey—what part of “IF” do we not understand? Would it not be better to stay on the safe side, since there is automatic blessing in obedience? For anyone clearly forewarned of […]
Read more[First posted October 23, 2013. A God Who dwells among His people, Who travels with them, fights with them in their battles, performs miracles, instructs, reminds and warns . . . and forgives when true repentance is evidenced . . . .how blessed indeed is Israel compared to any other nation? But with chosen-ness […]
Read more[This was first posted October 2012, reposted October 14, 2014. Commentary is by NSB@S6K. Translation: EF Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. The regular commentaries usually featured will be added later; for now we are simply changing the translation from our former choice. .—Admin1.] If you suddenly heard an audible voice speaking […]
Read more[First posted November 4, 2012.] This chapter covers two incidents; this first one should have been attached to the manna incident in the previous chapter since it is similar and almost sounds like a refrain; in fact, this pattern of ‘need-complaint-wishwewerebackinEgypt’ will keep recurring, but for now the narrative says: the people complain again […]
Read more[What is Abrahamic faith? Verse 6: And he believed יהוה, and He counted it to him as righteousness. The commentator Kalisch explains: believed. i.e. trusted. The childless Abram had faith in God’s promise that his descendants would be countless like the stars in heaven. He was ready to wait God’s time, without doubting […]
Read more[First posted August 6, 2012, has it been that long? So here’s a revisit; thanks to the webvisitor who clicked it and brought it back to our attention. Readers must be wondering why we have a running series under the title “Journey of Faith.” We separate Sinai commentary from the three commentaries we feature […]
Read more[First posted August 6, 2012; yes it has been that long and therefore deserves a revisit. If Abraham had a ‘deja vu’, so did Sarah. As previously explained, this series titled “Journey of Faith” is the Sinaite’s interpretation, separated from the three commentaries normally featured in chapter by chapter discussions. Our translation of choice […]
Read more[First posted November 28, 2012; about time to review! Dr. Jordan Rubin in his book The Maker’s Diet was the first to catch our attention regarding what’s in ‘unclean meat’ when he wrote that the death enzymes “cadaverine” and “putrescine” are byproducts from the meat of unclean animals; he says they are useful in nature because […]
Read more[First posted on August 19,2013. This is from: Pentateuch & Haftarahs, reformatting and highlights added.–Admin1.] THE SACRIFICIAL CULT I. SACRIFICE: HEBREW AND HEATHEN According to the Bible and Talmud, the institution of sacrifice is as old as the human race. The study of primitive man, likewise, traces its origins back to the very beginnings of […]
Read more[First posted July 1, 2012; part of the series on the book that changed our direction from Christianity to the pathway we have taken as explained in this whole website. The first of our MUST READ/MUST OWN resources, Restoring Abrahamic Faith by Dr. James D. Tabor; this is from Chapter Two discussion of THE WAY . […]
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