Genesis 1:6-8 “Then God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ Thus God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so. And God called the […]
Genesis 1:4b-5 “And God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.” From the beginning, we see, believe it or not, that it is sometimes necessary for division to occur so that life can be possible. […]
Genesis 1:3-4a “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good.” The Creator’s first utterance, “Let there be light,” is much more than a one-time command. With these words, He declared a fundamental principle that is ultimately personified in the Messiah, the Light of […]
Genesis 1:2 “The earth was without form and void; darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” In the beginning, before the light was mentioned, the earth was engulfed in darkness. Yet in that darkness, the Spirit of God was present and […]
JANUARY 2, 2021 Genesis 49:1-2 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days: gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.” At the end of his life, the patriarch Jacob called for all of his sons — […]
January 1, 2020 Genesis 48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh. On Erev Shabbat (Friday night), it is customary for Jewish families to gather around the dinner table and celebrate the Almighty’s […]
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” When God created the heavens and the earth, we understand that He spoke everything into existence that would fulfill His purpose, even if it was not clearly manifested in the beginning. But in addition to the physical world, Isaiah tells us that He […]
