The Jews did not normally write fifteen as yod-hey, however, because this also spelled Yah, the shortened form of Yahweh. So they substituted teth (9) for the yod, which actually reduced the number to just fourteen. (Teth-hey is 9 plus 5.) They had many such traditions. This one was based on a presumed respect for the Sacred Name. Because they also refused to pronounce the name YHWH for fear of profaning His Name in some way, they eventually lost its actual pronunciation.

Fear is not a proper motive; in this case, it put distance between the God and His children, whereas God’s desire was to draw near to them. God saw the people as temples of His Holy Spirit, where His very presence could reside.

Most Bible teachers today fail to understand these prophecies, because they apply them to the Jews and the nation of Judea, rather than to the lost tribes of Israel who were exiled to Assyria. Although there are times when the prophets use the term Israel to include all twelve tribes, they never fail to distinguish between Israel and Judah after the United Kingdom was divided.

The term “Jew” is simply short for a Judahite (Greek: Judean). Hence, they teach that the present Jewish nation which men call “Israel” is the fulfillment of these prophecies. The solution is to understand the difference between Israel and Judah in prophecy, so that they do not misapply the prophecies, thinking that the Jews are the Israelites in prophecy.

Do you know how many idioms from the Bible we use in everyday English? The King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is actually one of the most common source of phrases and idioms in the English language, after Shakespeare’s works.

English is full of idioms and expressions, but we don’t always think about the origins of those phrases. So take a look at these Bible idioms and see how many you use regularly without realising where they come from.

This list of Biblical idioms is by no means complete, but I have chosen some of the most commonly used phrases, along with example so you can see how to use them, as well as the Bible verses from which they originate.

Some might even say that you haven’t got a chance of surviving the Nuclear Holocaust that is being planned against you. This is especially so as Iran has formally confirmed that it can now manufacture a nuclear weapon. This statement was made by Kamal Kharrazi, the Head of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations, in an interview with Al Jazeera T.V. on July 17th, 2022. In this announcement, Kharrazi contradicted Iran’s
longstanding claim that her nuclear program is purely for peaceful purposes.

Students at Grace Church High School in Manhattan are speaking out after they were forced to attend the school’s Pride chapel last April. The chapel event was sponsored by Spectrum, the school’s LGBT support club. The event featured drag queen guest Jesse Havea, also known as Brita Filter, boasted about teaching Catholic high school children about his lifestyle (note that the church is Episcopalian, not Catholic). He wrote that it was an honor to hear “the beautiful brave queer stories and songs from your students and faculty.” Some of the students complained that they were under “pressure to dance along and pretend like it was normal.” Since the April chapel, the school has reportedly held additional LGBT events for its high school, middle school, and lower school.

I often feel as though I have ventured into an episode of The Twilight Zone. Rod Serling began his television series in 1959 and those familiar with the show remember Serling’s sense of dystopian fiction that stretched the limits of our imaginations. Who can forget the iconic scenes, plot twists, and bizarre endings?

Life today seems like something that even goes beyond what Rod Serling envisioned for his broadcasts. There’s a vast disconnect between reality and the popular truth that confronts us daily on the mainstream news and social media (via the fact checkers). It makes my head spin!

It’s dystopian fiction at its best, but this time it’s not a TV show depicting a make-believe world; the lies are portrayed as reality and readily believed by mainstream media addicts.

Now the mutation pauses, its gator face grinning, as if the first targets were so easy. Its chest wheezes angrily as honey-thick saliva drips from its distorted snarl onto the aged hardwood floor. In the shadows behind the being, Joe thinks he sees his father. Staying perfectly still, holding his breath, he watches as the alligator-man turns its blood red eyes on him. The demon’s jaw opens so widely that it seems to be coming unhinged. His dad, straining, struggles to reach forward, to grab and stop the beast, but is too late. Gurgling up from within the monster’s warty throat, a high-pitch victory howl thunders across the room.…

Dr. Jones watched from a window inside the seminary’s dining room as Joe and Sheri drove onto the parking lot in an old pickup he hadn’t seen before. He didn’t know where Sheri’s car was, but a cellular call from her earlier had ended with him agreeing to meet them at the school. He too had unexpected news and was anxious to discuss his findings.

As he sipped from his coffee and watched the siblings jump from the ’68 Ford, they raced to the rear of the pickup and jerked a bulky looking object wrapped in a light blue blanket onto the tailgate. With help from Sheri, Joe wrestled the tubular item onto his shoulder and headed for the building’s side entry. Scanning the parking lot as he went, he caused Jones to think he was watching for traffic. Jones was wrong.

Swift watched from above them as agents Blair and Whitestone sat in the HT Mobile Unit van across the road from Mt. Hood Evangelical Seminary listening to Dr. Jones and his fantastic speculations. The highly sensitive equipment inside their van was simultaneously monitoring every sound inside the school.

“Just look at the size of these fingers.…” the agents heard Jones say. He had been talking about Old Testament giants and marveling at a large arm. The beast’s hand was evidently gnarled and angry looking, terrifying in its savage qualities. Its razor-sharp claws rooted deep inside its horrendous digits, while decaying muscles, twisted and tortured, revealed the chimera’s design for magnificent strength.

On Monday, the Temple Institute completed its study of the Biblical crimson dye with a practical demonstration. The study is part of the institute’s ongoing Red Heifer project led by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel and his son, Rabbi Azariah Ariel, as the crimson wool is a necessary element in the preparation of the ashes of the red heifer for the third temple: “The cow shall be burned in his sight—its hide, flesh, and blood shall be burned, its dung included—and the Kohen shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson stuff and throw them into the fire consuming the cow” (Numbers 19:5-6). The study was concluded at an auspicious time as Jews worldwide are currently reading this section of the Torah concerning the Red Heifer.