Why did Abraham leave? According to the biblical book of Genesis, Abraham left Ur, in Mesopotamia,because God called him to found a new nation in an undesignated land that he later learned was Canaan. He obeyed unquestioningly the commands of God, from whom he received repeated promises and...
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”New Living TranslationJudas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not...
When Abram was told by God to leave the land of his father and travel to Canaan, he obeyed and set about establishing his household and making an heir. At the age of 99, Abram made a covenant with God concerning his offspring and circumcised himself on God's command and changed his nam...
stemmed out of a fear of mankind. I desired acceptance, love, forgiveness and joy to come from others. If I just did enough then they would accept me. Not saying that even in Christ my head hasn’t at times considered that same thought...
I know that YHWHhas given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.10We have heard how YHWHdried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to...
Who were the 12 Sons of Israel? Why is the Torah called the Tree of Life? Why is the Hebrew Bible also know as the Tanakh? Did God tell Sennacherib to take Jerusalem in the Bible? Why is David significant in the history of Judaism? Why did God bury Moses? Why did Moses leave Egypt...
El (or il or al) is not Aramaic exclusive only, it is the name of the supreme Deity of every canaanite (Phoenician, Jewish, Ugaritic, etc) religion and has a wife Asherah. The historian Israel Finklestein considers that Jews became monotheistic only around the 6 century BC, as a reactio...
Let the realisation of that fact bring joy to your heart - always. Thus you, like many of us who did what I just wrote, will belong to the wonderful family of God . As you read the Bible, you will hear God speaking to your heart. And when you speak to Him in prayer, you will...