OCTOBER 13, 2020 Messiah told us that the greatest command in all the Torah (Law) is that we love the Lord with all of our heart, soul and strength, and then He said this: “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and […]
OCTOBER 12, 2020 Today is referred to as Hoshanah Rabbah, which is, literally, the “Great Save Us.” It was on this day that the priests performed the water libation ceremony, thus the reference to living waters by the Messiah in the gospel of John. “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and […]
October 11, 2020 Today is traditionally the day that the patriarch, Jacob, died. It is recorded in Genesis 49:29 & 33: “Then he charged them and said to them: ‘I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,’ … And […]
OCTOBER 10, 2020 Genesis 35:2-3 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in […]
OCTOBER 9, 2020 Genesis 34:23 “Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” In an effort to secure Dinah as his son’s wife, Hamor and Shechem agreed to terms presented by the sons of Jacob and convinced the […]
OCTOBER 8, 2020 Genesis 34:8-10 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves. So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall […]
OCTOBER 7, 2020 Genesis 34:1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Just after overcoming the crisis with Laban and then with Esau, Jacob encountered another trying situation. His young daughter was violated by a very prominent Amorite man. Jewish commentary says […]
OCTOBER 6, 2020 Genesis 33:17-18 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan. It seems fitting that the first place Jacob came to […]
OCTOBER 5, 2020 Genesis 33:15-16 And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. When Jacob declined Esau’s invitation to […]
OCTOBER 4, 2020 Genesis 33:12-13 Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.” But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one […]
OCTOBER 3, 2020 Genesis 33:4 “But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.” Considering what we know about Esau and his opinion about Jacob, this display of affection was either a one-time genuine event or Esau was a good actor. The latter option […]
OCTOBER 2, 2020 Genesis 33:1-2 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph […]
