Posted by Navah on Nov 17, 2018 in Q&A
Question: Did God work on the first Sabbath, and if He did what did He do and why? Answer: The Creator worked on the first Sabbath (the seventh day of the creation), as it is seen in Gen 2:1. And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. (Gen 2:1-2 JPS) From Genesis 1 we understand that the Creator made the universe...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 17, 2018 in Q&A
Question: Did God create the universe from nothing? Answer: Due to misunderstanding of the creation narrative, we are led to believe that God created the universe from nothing; and some people of faith even adhere to the Big Bang theory and evolution. But did God create something from nothing? We read from the translation of the most recognizable verse in the Bible. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:1 This translation is not necessarily wrong,...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 8, 2018 in Q&A
Who are the “Palestinians”? Yeshua said, “Avraham saw my day and rejoiced”. When did Avraham see him? Didn’t God allow us to eat any animal flesh? Why does the Torah speak in the Creation story in third person? What do the religions teach about going to heaven? Why was the first cold pressed olive oil used in the Temple? Is Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) called ‘Sabbath’ as the weekly Sabbath? Why is Psalm 119 called...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 27, 2018 in Bible Study
During the trial of Job, his wife said, ‘Curse God and die!’ but did she really said it, or she said something else? In the article “Misunderstanding of Job’s Trial Few Could Bear” the present author intentionally omitted in his teaching a verse in Job 2 according to which Job’s wife said, ‘Curse God and die!’ Let us recall the Job story. Iyov (Job) was a righteous man. And the messengers came to present themselves before YHVH. And YHVH said to the satan,...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 21, 2018 in Bible Study
Why do afflictions befall a righteous man? Why good things happen to bad people and bad things to good people? These are the questions, the answering of which is made the theme of Job’s trial. In Job’s trial lies the important truth, that there is a suffering of the righteous which is not wrath, nor is it the love of God or a dispensation of that love itself, as some theologians teach that there are sufferings which are the result of God’s love. This is...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 6, 2018 in Bible Study
The Pan-Arab identity and the Pan-Arab unity are the talking points in this article, but, first who are the Arabs and what is the Pan-Arab identity? The Aramean Arabs from Nachor, Avraham’s brother From the Biblical account in Gen 11:26 we learn that Terach lived seventy years, and brought forth Avram (that is Avraham), Nachor, and Haran. The youngest son Haran fathered Lot and died in the land, Ur of the Chaldees, of his birth while his father Terah was still alive....
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Posted by Navah on Sep 30, 2018 in Oneness of the Creator, The Messiah
Is it in accordance with the Torah to call the Messiah Yeshua ‘Elohim’? To answer this question, first we need to find out what the Hebrew word “elohim” means. It may be a surprise for the reader to learn that there is no specific word in Hebrew that denotes what in the Gentile languages is known as “god”. The word “God” (German: “Gott”) is an abstract word that denotes a concept of any supernatural being...
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Posted by Navah on Sep 19, 2018 in The Messiah
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is perhaps the most recognizable parable among the Christians today, and the term the Good Samaritan has become synonymous with a good person and a good Christian. On the opposite side, however, very often the Parable of the Good Samaritan has been used to denote “Pharisaic hypocrisy”, as the parable has been interpreted as an apparent illustration of “religious legalism”. But is this the true story of the parable?...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 18, 2018 in The Messiah
Who is the prophet the Eternal promised to Israel in Deuteronomy 18:15? Is this prophet any prophet from the midst of Israel, or the prophet promised from the very beginning of the world? We read thus, Yehovah your Elohim shall raise up for you a prophet like me from your midst, from your brothers. Listen to him, according to all you asked of Yehovah your Elohim in Horev in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of Yehovah my Elohim, nor let...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 17, 2018 in Oneness of the Creator, The Messiah
When reading the Scripture, very often we overlook important passages, especially when the main Biblical event has come to its completion and we relax our efforts to learn. For years the present author has been perplexing as to the meaning of a certain verse in the Scripture, even a phrase, in the first letter of Shaul (Paul) the Apostle to the Corinthians. We read thus in 1Co 15:28: And when all are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself shall also be subject to Him who...
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Posted by Navah on Jul 22, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH
Who is meant in the seven letters to the seven churches and why are they given exactly before the events that will transpire in the following chapters in Revelation? These are the questions whose answer we will try to find in this article. But before we begin, the present author has to admit that it was very challenging and difficult for him to come to any decisive conclusions over the years. The concise language in the short letters to the seven churches in Revelation made...
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Posted by Navah on Jul 5, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH
This is the last article in the series The Seven Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation. In the letter to Philadelphia we will find a peculiar congregation of believers in the Messiah that will be saved from the hour of trial. Who are they? Let us keep on reading. The heading of the letter to Philadelphia begins thus, And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write, ‘He who is set-apart, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one...
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