Shalom Shalom
גיֵ֣צֶר סָמ֔וּךְ תִּצֹּ֖ר שָׁל֣וֹם | שָׁל֑וֹם כִּ֥י בְךָ֖ בָּטֽוּחַ “You will keep in perfect peace (shalom, shalom) those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 The Hebrew word “shalom” (שָׁלוֹם) is a frequently used Hebrew greeting (hello/goodbye). It is commonly translated as “peace,” but its root and deeper meanings encompass much more than just the […]
A COMPLEX UNITY
God is One — thoughts for the 4th of July. With the 4th of July just around the corner, I thought I would share some of my thoughts about the “Complex Unity” on the Great Seal of the United States of America. E Pluribus Unum is a Latin phrase, meaning “Out of many, one.” It […]
HEY – 5 (I AM)
This blog post is a little bit long because in order to make the point I want to make at the end I’ve got to build up some knowledge of Hebrew in you. Try to hang on. The personal name of God in the Hebrew Bible, is represented by the four Hebrew letters יהוה (YHWH), […]
DALET – 4. FAITH IS A DOOR
The fourth letter of Hebrew is Dalet – ד. The letter is based on a glyph of the Proto-Sinaitic script, called dalet “door” which is ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door. In the Torah, the concept of a door holds significant symbolic meaning, particularly in the context of faith and divine protection. Here […]
A LOVE LETTER FROM YESHUA
John 12:32 — “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself” John 20:3-9 — So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to […]
MEM – 40
The Hebrew letter “Mem” has a numeric value of 40. I will cover the letter first and then I will bring in the numerical value meaning. In the Hebrew alphabet, there are five letters that have a final form used when they appear at the end of a word. One of them is the letter […]
A PURE LANGUAGE
“For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord.” Zephaniah 3:9 In Judaism there are various mystical beliefs and teachings about the significance of Hebrew letters and their connection to the divine and the soul. Some considered […]
The “Elephant” who is NOT in the room
In 2005, Orthodox Rabbi Michael J. Cook wrote about how Jesus influenced rabbinic Judaism. His research created quite a stir. But not as much of a stir as Jesus did in this scene from The Chosen which portrays Jesus reading Isaiah 61 from the Haftarah in the temple he grew up in Nazareth. Watch this […]
Discussing the Holy Spirit with Artificial Intelligence
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO NATHAN … I use Artificial Intelligence lots of ways. I use it for research, to answer questions and more. The other day I started a “conversation” with my AI on the subject of the “Holy Spirit.” I think it is revealing. See what you think. Below is the transcript of […]
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM DEEP SADNESS
Tisha B’Av is a Hebrew date that has marked a mysterious curse and/or punishment of the Jewish people for thousands of years. The greatest tragedies to befall the Jewish people, from the death of the first generation in the desert during the Exodus, to the destruction of the first and second temples, to the Spanish […]