Aug 28, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
On this day, Judaism acknowledges the time when the Hasmoneans implemented the Pharisaic code. This code was the result of longstanding differences of opinion within Judaism that encompassed class distinctions, biblical interpretation and resistance to assimilation....
Aug 28, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. (Deuteronomy 34:10) Obviously when this verse was first written, there had not been a prophet like Moses and, furthermore, it would be some time before there would be....
Aug 27, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
We understand that God created the heavens and the earth and, according to Hebrews 11, it was by His Word. We also understand that, according to the Parable of the Sower, the Word of God is likened to a seed. Based on these facts, I want to suggest that, when...
Aug 27, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. (Deuteronomy 34:10) That God knew Moses “face to face,” not only emphasizes the importance and sanctity of what he recorded for posterity, but suggests that Moses...
Aug 26, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in the year 501 A.D. that a catastrophic earthquake struck the Holy Land, destroying many villages and towns. The land of Israel is situated on several fault lines, in fact, one of those fault lines runs beneath the Temple Mount and through the Mt....
Aug 26, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses. (Deuteronomy 34:9) After the people of Israel had wept 30 days for Moses, they turned their...
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