You know what one of the biggest challenges the church and even Judaism have struggled with throughout history? It’s the temptation to create God in our own image. We seem hellbent on assigning the Lord human attributes and characteristics. Christianity has gone wild with this notion and even turned their Jesus into God the Father […]
1K8-31: Confessions Of A Recovering Wannabe Jew
“For you made a distinction between them and all the peoples of the earth by making them your inheritance, as you said through Moshe your servant when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, Adonai Elohim.” – 1 Kings 8:53 In the movie, Fiddler on the Roof, the character named Tevye says… “God, I know, […]
1K8-30: God Knows You Gotta Pay Rent Next Month
“May your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, so that you will hear them whenever they cry out to you.” – 1 Kings 8:52 Solomon continues his prayers for his soldiers who have been scattered among the goyim due to their sins. His prayer […]
1K8-29: Paul’s Warning to Gentiles Who Believe They’ve Replaced Israel
“If they sin against you — for there is no one who doesn’t sin — and you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they carry them off captive to the land of their enemy, whether far away or nearby…” – 1 Kings 8:46 We now arrive at the […]
1K8-28: Why All Believers—Jew and Gentile—Should Pray Toward Jerusalem
“If your people go out to fight against their enemy, no matter by which way you send them, and they pray to Adonai toward the city you chose, toward the house I built for your name; then, in heaven, hear their prayer and plea, and uphold their cause.”– 1 Kings 8:44-45 Solomon’s 6th petition is […]
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