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  1. Ben Abraham

    Offering up our BEST to the LORD (EX 25-27)

    Gold, silver, precious stones, fabric, and wood. Now there is a question, where did the wood come from? Is there any Shitim and Acacia trees in the desert? If one looks at the desert of Saudi Arabia today, even though “google maps” or “google earth” one can see almost no trees, just bare...
  2. Ben Abraham

    Offering up our BEST to the LORD (EX 25-27)

    Parashah: “T'rumah” (offering) EXODUS 25:1-27:19 Just as the Israelites offered up the treasures and "back pay" they received in Egypt, to build the sanctuary for the LORD to dwell in their midst, so we also can give of our time, talent, and treasures to Adonai,to wherever HE has chosen to put...
  3. Ben Abraham

    Jeremiah 34:8-22 and Mark 1-2

    JEREMIAH 34:8-22, 33:25-26 Jeremiah is known as the “weeping prophet” because Israel had returned to idolatry, and corruption, YHVH sends him with a message to Israel, “Repent” and “turn from your sins”, one of the sins was to go back on their word. Jeremiah told them that God had said...
  4. Ben Abraham

    "Judgments" (Mishpatim) What are they, biblically speaking?

    How would that work? If I broke your arm accidentally or on purpose, I would be responsible for taking you to the doctor and paying the medical bill, and even, paying you “lost wages” if you couldn't work. It doesn't mean that the other guy could break “my arm too”. If you broke my stereo...
  5. Ben Abraham

    "Judgments" (Mishpatim) What are they, biblically speaking?

    PARASHA: “Mishpatim” (Judgments) EXODUS 21:1-24:18 “Bringing to light the meaning of some difficult mitzvoth” So, what are so called "judgments?" Example, a judge will give a "judgment" after hearing a case involving a criminal, and after hearing the verdict of the jury. He or she will...
  6. Ben Abraham

    A look at Isaiah 6:1-7:6; Matt 27:1-28:20

    ISAIAH 6:1-7:6 ” KADOSH, KADOSH, KADOSH, ADONAI TZEVA’OT” .... Holy, Holy, Holy, is YHVH of hosts” When the Torah mentions the “Holiness” of God, the word is KADOSH, the “O” is there, (the letter “vav” in Hebrew) but when “holiness” is mentioned referring to mankind, the “O” is missing...
  7. Ben Abraham

    A closer look at the 10 Commandments (EX 18-20)

    ANOCHI YHVH ELOHEIHA” ( I AM ADONAI YOUR GOD) with the I AM emphasized, one can say “Ani” (I) or Anochi (I really AM) He is saying, I am who I have claimed to be, the God who took you out of Egypt and brought you here, I am ready to be your God, so if that is the case, there can only be ONE God...
  8. Ben Abraham

    A closer look at the 10 Commandments (EX 18-20)

    PARASHA: “Yitro” (Jethro) Exodus 18:1-20:26 We see in this parashah, a lot of wisdom on the part of Moshe and Yitro, his father-in-law. First, we learn that Moshe had send his wife and children back to stay with father and grandfather. I believe for safe-keeping, when one sees danger, it is...
  9. Ben Abraham

    A look at Judges 4:4-5:31 and Matt 26:1-75

    JUDGES 4:4-5:31 In this reading, we read about Devorah and Jael, two women of God who played an important role in Israel's history. We read about many “men of God” but very few “women of God” but they are out there, and today, we have many women who are used mightily by God in ministry...
  10. Ben Abraham

    When Pharaoh let Israel go! Exodus 13:17-17:16

    Now YHVH tells Moshe to “lift up your rod and your hand” and cause the sea to part, and it did, divide in two, we read that Israel crossed on “dry land” what with a strong wind to dry up the sea bottom, today this area is known as the “Gulf of Aqaba” they crossed a small stretch of sea bottom...
  11. Ben Abraham

    When Pharaoh let Israel go! Exodus 13:17-17:16

    PARASHAH: “B'shalach” (when he let go) EXODUS 13:17-17:16 We are coming down to the “show down” where Pharaoh gets his just desserts, and gets what he deserves for defying the God of Israel, going back on his word to “let Israel go”, you cannot pursue Israel without getting hurt, and Pharaoh...
  12. Ben Abraham

    A look at Jeremiah 46:13-28; Matt 25:1-46

    JER 46:13-28 600 years later, after the fall of Egypt at Passover, disaster strikes against, this time, YHVH uses Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon as instrument of destruction against Egypt, seems like Egypt was not humbled after the Passover experience. You would think that the pharaohs...
  13. Ben Abraham

    The war between the gods! (Exodus 10:1-13:16)

    After the 10 plagues, the 5 basic promises were fulfilled. The redemption was fulfilled when the lambs and goats were slaughtered and sacrificed in the Israelite homes during the Eve of Pesach. So that gives us Y and H in the infallible name of God. But we still have Vav (V) and Hey (H). We...
  14. Ben Abraham

    The war between the gods! (Exodus 10:1-13:16)

    PARASHA: “BO” (enter) EXODUS 10:1-13:16 A few thousand years ago, there was a war between the gods. The gods of Egypt against the one true God of the universe. Kind of like an ant declaring war on an elephant. Pharaoh made the challenge. A challenge which ended in his demise. We can rebel...
  15. Ben Abraham

    Ezekiel 28:25-29:21; Matt 24:1-52; Rom 9:14-15

    EZEKIEL 28:25-29:21 The prophet speaks through the Holy Spirit and affirms that even though Israel has been scattered throughout the countries of the world, they will be returned to their land in the future, it is already happening, Israel was recognized as a nation in 1948, and since then, the...
  16. Ben Abraham

    Knowing the Most Holy Name of God (YHVH) Exodus 6:2-9:35

    PARASHA: “Va’era” (and I appeared) EXODUS 6:2-9:35 YHVH speaks to Moshe saying that when he appeared to Abraham, he revealed himself as “El Shaddai” which means “God Almighty” or “God all-powerful, yet he did not reveal himself as he did to Moshe, with Moshe he revealed himself with the more...
  17. Ben Abraham

    A look at Isaiah 27:6-28:13 and Matt 22-23

    ISAIAH 27:6-28:13 ” In the days to come, shall Jacob take root, Israel shall blossom and bud....” We see a fulfilling of this prophecy in that once taken from Egypt, and united and solidified as a “People” a “Nation”, this people/nation has grown and has spread out throughout the world...
  18. Ben Abraham

    The Call of Moses, an intro. to Exodus (chapters 1-6)

    Matthew 2:15 states; “Out of Egypt I have called my son” Yeshua went down to Egypt with his parents to escape Herod, they spent some years there and then returned to Israel. Yet also Israel is the son, as he went to Egypt when he was old, and his bones were “carried out” yet Moshe also...
  19. Ben Abraham

    The Call of Moses, an intro. to Exodus (chapters 1-6)

    PARASHA: “Shemot” (Names) Exodus 1:1-6:1 We enter into a new era, Jacob/Israel and Joseph are now in the past, yet their legacy continues, in “Am Yisrael” (The People of Israel). ”70 souls” entered Mitzraim (Egypt). It is interesting that the Hebrew word “Nefesh” is used for “souls” yet the...
  20. Ben Abraham

    "When the Guns were Silent" (A Christmas time short story from WW1)

    Michael sat up slowly, the side of his head was throbbing with pain. The medic rubbed some iodine solution on the head wound and tied a bandage with a gauze pad to Michael's head. “look” said the sergeant as he handed Michael back his combat helmet, “a little bit more and you wouldn't be...