Tag: God’s Love
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Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1–6:8 From Creation to the Coming of the Son of Man
Yeshua in Genesis 1:1–6:8, 1 Samuel 20:18–42, and Matthew 24:29–36 In the Beginning, Yahweh Creates The Torah begins with perhaps the most familiar words in Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Before Abraham, before Israel, before Moses, before sin, judgment, sacrifice, or covenant, there is Yahweh. And what…
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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12,
Torah Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12, Prophets Joshua 1:1-18, and Gospel Acts 1:1-14 Yeshua in the Final Torah Portion: From Moses to Joshua to the Restoration of All Things The Story Does Not End With Moses Deuteronomy 33:1–34:12 brings us to one of the most moving moments in all the Torah. Moses, the servant of Yahweh, has reached…
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Wounded Love
There is a line in the song A Little Child Shall Lead Them that deserves more than a passing hearing: “The lost, the last, the least are gathered home by wounded love that never knows defeat.” Those two words, wounded love, contain much of the gospel. The Love That Would Not Let Us Go John…
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Torah Portion: Numbers 27B – Six Ancestors of the Five Daughters
A Hidden Portrait of Yeshua and the Restoration of All Things. Reading Biblical Genealogies Through the Lens of Yeshua Biblical genealogies often appear to modern readers as little more than lists of names, yet throughout Scripture names frequently carry theological significance. They reveal character, destiny, covenant purpose, and sometimes profound prophetic symbolism. While the Bible…
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Predestination Ain’t Complicated: God’s Plan Was Jesus All Along
This Ain’t About Luck — It’s About God’s Plan. Folks hear the word “predestination” and think it means God picked some people and rejected the rest before anybody was born. That idea can make God seem cold and distant. But when you read the Bible closely, you see something entirely different. Predestination ain’t about God…
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God’s Mercy and Judgment: How They Work Together
Discover how God’s mercy and judgment work together in the Bible through the prophets and Revelation, revealing His purpose to heal, restore, and redeem humanity. “For the LORD (YAHWEH) is our judge …; He will save us”Isaiah 33:22 One of the most common questions Christians ask is how a God of mercy can also be…
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God’s Mercy and Judgment: How They Work Together – Down-to-Earth version
“For the LORD (YAHWEH) is our judge …; He will save us” Isaiah 33:22. A lot of folks wonder: How can God be loving and still judge people?” That’s a fair question. But the Bible tells us straight up: God is love.” — 1 John 4:8. So …?
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The Wrath of God
For many believers, the phrase “the wrath of God” evokes images of divine anger, judgment, and everlasting punishment. In much of popular theology, wrath is understood primarily as retributive—God inflicting eternal suffering upon sinners. And little wonder as a dictionary definition of our word wrath is “forceful, often vindictive anger, punishment or vengeance as a…
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John 3:16 – A Universalist Passage
John 3:16 Is a Love Story, Not a Threat Some verses in the Bible get so familiar, we stop really hearing them. John 3:16 is one of those. Most of us learned it as kids. We saw it on posters. Some folks even painted it on football helmets. “For God so loved the world…” And…