The first group of laws given to Israel are to be found in Exodus 21, 22, and 23 and they are divided into two basic categories. The first category (Exodus 21:2-Exodus 23:12) deals with Israelite-to-Israelite or human-to-human interaction. The second category (Exodus 23:13-19) deals with how Israel is to relate to the Lord. The Lord, […]

Over the last week I’ve presented a ton of information dealing with the ancient Hebrew mindset. All of this preparation was absolutely necessary before diving into the specifics of God’s justice system.  Unfortunately, in the process, I found myself violating my own policy to keep each post short and sweet and ended up writing much […]

We’ve just learned that the Gospel is simply the name or title given to that body of information in the Bible that makes known God’s incredible plan of salvation for us. And we also learned that although the institutional gentile church has used the term “the Gospel” to mistakenly refer only to Yeshua’s birth, life, […]

“These are the rulings you are to present to them” -Exodus 21:1 All of the information I’ve provided so far concerning the ancient Hebrew mindset leads up to what we’re going to discuss today.  In this post, we’re going to take a good look at the word “rulings” located right smack dab in the middle […]

There is one interesting factor that separates the Hebrews from virtually every other ancient culture that has been archeologically uncovered. All other cultures had some kind of extensive cult of the dead. The entire ancient world except for the Old Testament Hebrews had fully developed underworld myths and beliefs in the spirit world of the […]