Tag: Lord
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Amos – For those who turn justice into wormwood
Whatever is wormwood? Sometimes when we read the Bible, especially the Old Testament and specifically the true Prophets of Scripture, we fail in the imagery of the language of centuries and millennia long past. Amos uses a word “לַעֲנָה” we translate into English as wormwood and most of us naturally ask, “whatever is wormwood?” Truly,…
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Are we children of Ephraim? – Psalm 78
A child of blessing Ephraim was the second child of Zaphnath-Paaneah and Asenath. His father’s high position second only to Pharaoh gave Ephraim every advantage as he was brought up with all the riches of the palace. You may recognize him as brother of Manasseh and both brothers known as sons of Joseph, son of…
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WE Have Been Here Before – Expectant
An Expectant Gift Premature Our anticipation of Christmas each year points more toward the expectant gift than the expected Messiah. The world rushes about all around us, no prophet has been heard from for centuries and evil prevails in the palaces of power. We tell the child to play this game and ignore that evil.…
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