26 Shevat — Treasures Old and New
It was on this day in 1959 that Israel began exporting copper, mined from the same copper mines that had once been used in the days of King Solomon. In fact, this was the first such export of this metal since the days of that ancient kingdom. Copper was one of many...
Daily Bread — Monday, February 5, 2024
And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. (Deuteronomy 7:15) Sickness, as we know, is an unfortunate consequence of sin. All of...
25 Shevat –The Pure Milk of the Word
In his first epistle, Peter addressed those of God’s people who were in the Diaspora (the “dispersion”) - people that were scattered abroad and not living in the land of Israel. In the second chapter, Peter said something we need to take note of today. He wrote:...
Daily Bread — Sunday, February 4, 2024
He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. (Deuteronomy 7:13) In an agrarian...
24 Shevat — The Generation To Come
It was on this day in the year 519 B.C. that the prophet Zechariah received the Word of the Lord in a vision that predicted the restoration of Zion. This is recorded in the very first chapter of Zechariah and also includes a question asked by the Angel of the Lord: “O...
Daily Bread — Saturday, February 3, 2024
Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you. (Deuteronomy 7:12-13) As...
23 Shevat — The Debacle At Gibeah
According to rabbinical commentaries, it was on this day that several Israelite tribes gathered together to make war on the tribe of Benjamin. It is recorded in Judges 20:1-2: So all the children of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, as well as from the...
Daily Bread — Friday, February 2, 2024
Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you. (Deuteronomy 7:12-13) As...
22 Shevat — He Is One, Not Another
It was on this day in the year 41 A.D. that a decree by Caius Caligula allowed graven images to be placed in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. This decree was eventually nullified by his assassination. So in ancient Judea, this day was celebrated as a holiday - not...
Daily Bread — Thursday, February 1, 2024
The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the Lord loves you. (Deuteronomy 7:7-8) The Hebrew word typically translated as “love” is אהבה ahavah....
21 Shevat — Making the Unclean, Clean
There are some things in Scripture that defy understanding and a logical explanation. For instance the rites of the Red Heifer, as described in the book of Numbers, reveal that a priest who was clean and then participated in the slaying and burning of the Red Heifer...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, January 31, 2024
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:6) Rather than aligning themselves with the inhabitants of the land, which...