“If your father misses me at all, say, ‘David begged me to let him hurry to Beit-Lechem, his city; because it’s the annual sacrifice there for his whole family.’”-1 Samuel 20:6 David and Jonathan’s plans to test Saul during the royal Rosh Hodesh banquet involved a flat-out lie. David told Jonathan when his father asked […]
1S20-6: The Torah’s Take on Rosh Hodesh – Lessons from King Saul’s Blunders
Let me answer the quiz question I posed yesterday. So David and Jonathan had come up with a plan to expose King Saul’s true intentions towards David during the ROSH HODESH dinner to take place in the royal court. The idea was to gauge King Saul’s reaction when David did NOT show up. My quiz […]
1S20-5: A Biblical Quiz Question One Hundred Percent Of Churchgoers Will NOT Get!
“David answered Y’honatan, ‘Look, tomorrow is Rosh-Hodesh, and I ought to be dining with the king. Instead, let me go and hide myself in the countryside until evening of the third day.’”-1 Samuel 20:5 So David and Jonathan have come up with a plan to expose King Saul’s true intentions towards David. The next day […]
1S20-4: How ALL Seasonal Cycles Bow Down To The Seven-Day Genesis Creation
Before we dive back into our text study, there’s one other calendar myth that exists out in Christian land that I need to debunk. It’s this idea that at the beginning of the month, the week reset. For example, if October 31st was a Wednesday, then the next day November 1st would automatically go back […]
1S20-3: The Eternal Clock – How the Hebrew Calendar Tells the Story of Messiah
Let’s talk about the Hebrew calendar for a second… Because it’s not as precise as you might think. A lunar cycle is a bit longer than 29.5 days. However, since it’s weird to have months that only have half-days, the Hebrew calendar has 6 months that are 29 days and 6 months that are 30 […]