Lives 1st

  The word TOV is translated “good” and appears 7 times in Genesis (1:1-2:4a). Key words that appear 7 times in a story are usually very important words in the Hebrew Scriptures -- and the Hebrew teachings of Jesus . Below are the 7 times in Genesis 1. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/00e09871a296/the-original-meanings-of-good-and-evil-in-the-bible

  Have you ever thought about that question before? I believe there is a very short and simple biblical answer. Genesis 1:28 says: And the Creator blessed the man and woman, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/8896e89209d1/why-does-the-creator-require-hungry-people-to-be-fed

  Instead of using lexicons, dictionaries or concordances to provide meanings of words, which are usually expressed in one word, we create a “bundle of associations” from the underlined factors above. “ List thinking ” requires tracking ideas through multiple sections of the Hebrew Scriptures. This is what the Real Jewish Jesus taught! Have you ever heard of it before? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/3ce3b05d6e11/jesus-list-thinking-and-the-light-of-life

  The language of Jesus was the Hebrew language in the scroll Ezra carried to Jerusalem in 458 BCE. The scribal schools at the Temple in Jerusalem were around until 70 CE when the Romans destroyed the Temple. And soon after that this form of Hebrew was lost to the followers of Jesus. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/2b2d20b82f2b/a-list-thinking-lesson-from-jesus

  You are going to discover what the reader from the ancient world would know immediately, while at the same time knowing that it is totally oblivious to most modern readers. Get ready for an exciting and very important exploration! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/70d26bdc76c7/why-did-the-creator-rest-on-day-seven

  Why is the “ Creator ” in the Declaration of Independence ? We can’t pretend to understand, “ We hold these truths to be self-evident . . .,” until we answer the first question. In the very first sentence of the Declaration , the colonists describe themselves as founding a country that would take its “ separate and equal ” place on the world’s stage. Continue reading at: https://mailchi.mp/6b9fa539509f/why-is-the-creator-in-the-declaration-of-independence