Tag: jews
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A Priest, a Rabbi & a Stranger …
A 21st Century Parable You know the old story (actually, several variations on a theme). Three men (but today you might have to include other designations) encounter the same situation and the third one gets the punch line. That’s not quite what happened to me recently as I witnessed the following story (which also includes…
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Hebrews 11- a Genealogy of Faith
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Faith is the Substance What is your greatest hope? Your eternal longing? ἐλπίζω elpizō – to hope How can you be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see? Matthew used this…
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Hebrews – 1
1:1 πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐντοῖς προφήταις It’s Greek to me… multifariam et multis modis olim Deus loquens patribus in prophetis God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hebrews 1:1 KJV In our עִבְרִי Hebrews Intro I suggested that we will explore some translation back to the Greek and…
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עִבְרִי Hebrews – Intro
What does it mean to be Jewish? Does it mean something entirely different to be Christian? How does the Hebrew Bible fit with the Christian Bible? All important questions of faith, along with other foundational tenants of belief in the Lord God. Authorship Every authentic book of Scripture has at least two authors, the LORD…
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Disaster From Disobedience, A Savior From Before Eden – 8
A Savior From Before Eden I introduced this series about a savior, Christ Jesus, who had confirmed to the religious authorities: “Before Abraham was, I AM!” Our evidence in Disaster From Disobedience, A Savior From Before Eden – 1 points back toward Jesus, our personal savior, who was here before the first adam. We then examined Adam’s relationship with…
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That you may have Certainty – 5 – A King of the Jews
King of the Jews And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” – Luke 23:3 They had remembered hearing the indictment of this gentile governor while hiding their faces from his Roman judgment seat. Although complicit in Jesus’ prosecution, an illegitimate half-jew Herodian sat powerless while Roman troops…
