When there are disasters and plagues in the city, Oedipus attempts to look for the causes. Finally, he finds that the murderer is himself because he breaks the ethical taboos: “patricide” and “incest”. Oedipus then gouges out his own eyes. In the Oedipus the King, Oedipus' human ...
The Lord God says through the prophet Isaiah that He will come to get His people (Isaiah 40:10-11) and the reason is the Lord is not defeated by Israel’s sin. God’s desire is for restoration and we note how this restoration is possible because God’s Word stands forever, God’...
This week in Parashat Bo (Shemot / Exodus 10:1-13:16), we read about the last plagues that God brought upon Egypt and how Pharaoh drives the Children of Israel out of the land. The Lord tells Moshe,10:1 “…‘Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his se...