Posted by Navah on Nov 3, 2016 in Bible Study
There are some who claim cannabis (marijuana) was used in the Temple service and therefore it is perfectly fine to use it today. They refer to Exo 30:23 which lists the ingredients and recipe for making a set-apart anointing oil. This ingredient can also be found in Son 4:14 and Eze 27:19. However, is this what the Scripture really says? In order to answer this question, let us examine the Hebrew text of Leningrad Codex. Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 2, 2016 in The Origin
Albert Einstein’s formula E=mC2 is probably the most notable mathematical equation. But how Einstein’s formula relates to the Creation of the world, as recorded in Genesis? Let us start from the beginning: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This is the most recognizable translation of the verse in the Scripture. But being faithful to the desire to discover the Truth in the details, we need to go deeper than this, as we will do...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 30, 2016 in Oneness of the Creator, The Messiah
The human Messiah, the son of man, was born with all human traits that every person had. Yet, He did not sin. His flawlessness did not come from being born without the ability to sin, but from being born as a normal human being with all possibility to sin. Only then His obedience and faithfulness can be measured up to the high standard of being the Messiah. The significance of the prophecy in 2Sa 7 concerning the Messiah becomes even more prominent when we understand that...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 29, 2016 in Prophecy Insight, The War of Gog of Magog
There is a number of obscured prophecies in the Scripture and the prophecy in Zechariah 5 of a wicked fire in a flying roll is one of them. The flying roll Zechariah saw We read: And I lifted up my eyes again and looked and saw a flying roll. And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I answered, “I see a flying roll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide”. (Zec 5:1-2) The flying roll as depicted in the prophecy in Zec 5:1-2 is being seen moving...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 24, 2016 in Prophecy Insight
What is to pray for the peace of Jerusalem in Psa 122:6? Is this just the words we say at the set “prayer time” or something more to it than that? And why are we commanded to seek the peace of Jerusalem? And what does “the peace of Jerusalem” mean? Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Psa 122:6 KJV שׁאלו Seek שׁלום the wholeness ירושׁלם of Yerushalaim: ישׁליו they shall be complete אהביך׃ who care about you The first...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 24, 2016 in Prophecy Insight, The Patriarchs' Saga
Most if not all translations say that Ishmael, the son of Avraham from the Egyptian Hagar, “mocked” the little Yitschak (Isaac), while JPS renders the verb in question as “making sport”. But what did really happen between Ishmael and Yitschak? Are the translation correct to say that Ishmael mocked Isaac? Did he just mock, or there is something we misread? We read, And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking....
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Posted by Navah on Oct 22, 2016 in Prophecy Insight
In this article the reader will be challenged to find the meaning of a Hebrew word and then to decipher the hidden message in the end-time prophecy in Jeremiah 51 concerning martial law in the land of “Babylon”. In the present author’s view, there is a verse in the prophecy of Jeremiah 51 that has been overlooked by the commentators and thus its meaning has not been completely understood. The reason for this is the way this verse in Jer 51, that is of a...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 17, 2016 in The Messiah
Rabbi Elijah of Vilna (also known as the Vilna Gaon) was a Jewish scholar in the 18th century well known for his writings about the coming of the Messiah and was the one who predicted the capture of Crimea by the Russians. Shortly before his death, the Vilna Gaon said, “When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, you should know that the times of the Messiah have started, that his steps are being heard. And when you hear that the Russians have reached...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 14, 2016 in Hebrew Study
In our Hebrew study the Creator said to Avram to go out of his land and from your father’s house, and to go to a land which He would show him. And then He promised him to make him a great nation and bless him, and make his name great, and he, Avram, will be a blessing. And I shall bless those who bless you and curse him who curses you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed. (Gen 12:3) But the Creator did not stop there. He continued with blessings...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 13, 2016 in Bible Study, Hebrew Study
In the reign of King Sha’ul the Philistines had gathered their armies for battle and came together against Israel. King Sha’ul and the men of Israel were gathered and encamped in the Valley of Elah and drew up in battle array to meet them. The young David was the only one to stand up for Israel against Goliath the champion of the Philistines. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 11, 2016 in Prophecy Insight
In this article we will focus our attention on the mysterious “locusts” of the fifth trumpet in Revelation 9, as John saw a star from the heaven which fell to the earth, and how they relate to the end-time prophecy. What are “the locusts” of the fifth trumpet in Revelation 9 or rather who are they? For more on the Book of Revelation the reader may want to read about the fifth trumpet of chapter The Last Years of the World from the present...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 5, 2016 in Prophecy Insight
The last of the founding fathers of the modern State of Israel, Shimon Peres, died on September 28, 2016, at 93. He was born Szymon Perski on August 2, 1923. During his political career spanning nearly 70 years he was an Israeli statesman and the ninth President of Israel, serving from 2007 to 2014. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister and twice as Interim Prime Minister. Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, a features writer for Breaking Israel News, published the article Did...
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