The Lord’s Promise to Abraham

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“1Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and him …

Haggai 2:11-20 – Blessing

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Hag 2:11 To be precise, this is December 18 in 520 BC. Hag 2:12 God urges the prophet to ask the priests what the Torah (the Law, the five books of Moses) says about ritual purity and impurity. Even if the cloak that has touched holy flesh becomes holy, that which touches the cloak does not become holy. A sick …

Psalm 1 – The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

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Ps 1:1 The word “blessed” is “esher” in Hebrew and means something like “happy” and “content” and is closely related to the Hebrew word “ashar” which means “to be straight”. The Christian life is often compared to a “road” (Acts 9:2) and being “blessed” means staying on the road and going “straight”, avoiding both ditches and moving forward. To be …