Daily Bread — Saturday, April 13, 2024
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. (Deuteronomy 16:18) As long as there have been nations, there has been a need for good, strong...
4 Aviv — Are You The One?
From his prison cell, John the Baptist sent emissaries to Yeshua with an interesting question. It’s recorded in Matthew 11. “And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, ‘Are You the Coming One, or do...
Daily Bread — Friday, April 12, 2024
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. Every man shall...
3 Aviv — Stop Giving Our Children to Molech
It was on this day in 1944 that Nazis raided the ghetto of Lodz, Lithuania, and removed all of its children for execution. It’s hard to imagine that there are people who could be so cold as to hurt children. But unfortunately, from the beginning, we see that the...
Daily Bread — Thursday, April 11, 2024
It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do. (Deuteronomy 15:18) This passage is specifically addressing the issue...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, April 10, 2024
If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. (Deuteronomy 15:12) In keeping with the theme of release, Moses reiterates the laws regarding an עבד eved or...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you. (Deuteronomy...
29 Adar II – What Would You Do With A Power Drill?
Over the years I have met many believers who I would classify as being zealots, which is not necessarily a bad thing. We all need to possess zeal but what is that? Webster’s defines it as “a passion for a cause” or “a strong eagerness in favor of a person or a cause.”...
Daily Bread — Monday, April 8, 2024
For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. (Deuteronomy 15:6) As with most promises given to us as God's people, there is...
28 Adar II – From A Distance
Traveling these days can be quite a hassle, particularly flying. You have the hassle of enduring long lines just to check in, and then deal with the same long lines to get through security. Then there’s the boarding process and all the bumping and shoving, and evading...
Daily Bread — Sunday, April 7, 2024
At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts. And this is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s...
27 Adar II – Give Us What We Need, Not What We Want
It was on this day in the year 561 B.C. that king Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, died in a Babylonian prison. On that same day, Yehoachim, the former king of Judah, was released from his Babylonian prison cell, after being held captive for 36 years. Why did God...