Oct 20, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
In the Lord I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”? (Psalm 11:1) Jewish writers are of the opinion that David wrote this psalm as a result of being hunted by Saul. Once during his time as a fugitive, he was forced to leave Israel...
Oct 19, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1886 that David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, was born. It was he who, on May 14, 1948, pronounced that, after 2,000 years, the state of Israel was to be reborn. Later that evening, at midnight on May 15, 1948, the British...
Oct 19, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he sneers at them. He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.” (Psalm 10:5-6) Assuming that David is the author of this psalm,...
Oct 18, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today, the 16th day of Tishri, is the second day of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). It was on this day in the year 539 B.C. that King Cyrus of Persia captured the city of Babylon, thus bringing an end to the once great Empire of Nebuchadnezzar. Many verses of Scripture...
Oct 18, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. (Psalm 10:4) There is an argument to be made that, when it seems God is standing afar off, the wicked are seduced into thinking that their actions will prosper and bear no ill...
Oct 17, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the 15th day of Tishri, the first day of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). It was on this day that, according to tradition, Abraham sent his servant to Nahor in order to fetch a wife for his son, Isaac. This is recorded in Genesis 24:3-4: “And I will make you...
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