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PHall | November 23, 2013
Rabbi Yeshua, commonly known as Jesus, is the greatest scholar of the Old Testament or Tanakh. This neglected scholar believed and taught that Adam and Eve were real human beings, made “in the beginning” (Mt.19.4), not evolved, or created millions of years later, giving historical credence to the first book of the Bible called Genesis […]
PHall | November 22, 2013
Genesis 3 and John 3 – Satan in disguise as a serpent brings death to the world by belief in a lie. Jesus in symbol of a serpent brings life to the world by belief in the truth: “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be […]
PHall | November 22, 2013
This exhortation to not forsake our assembling but to encourage one another to love and good deeds leads to chapter 11 where we have “Heroes of Faith” who are in 12:1 a “great cloud of witnesses (that) surround us.” The imagery is historical and refers to a stadium full of supporters cheering on the participants. […]
PHall | November 21, 2013
PHall | November 21, 2013
Certain texts confuse, confound, make us scratch our heads, and become bewildered. Real life though, is just like that; existing in a state of uncertain knowledge, while surviving in a state of certain acceptance in the Divine. Certainty is not always certain in what we know, but in Who we trust. “The LORD’s anger burned […]
PHall | November 21, 2013
Hebrews 10:24-25 – Notice the linguistic and spiritual connection between “attend” and “attention.” When we pay attention to God we attend to God’s people by attending with God’s people. We are not only attendees, we are attendants, “one who waits on another.” When we attend, we pay attention, not just mentally by bodily, because attendance […]
PHall | November 20, 2013
PHall | November 19, 2013