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From Nothing 

15 Monday Feb 2016

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This is from a person I follow called “Hebrew for Christians.” It’s so powerful I just want to quote it and let it percolate. 

“When King David cried out, lev tahor bera-li, Elohim: “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psalm 51:10), he did not use the Hebrew word yatzar (יָצַר), which means to “fashion” or “form” something from preexisting material, but he instead used the word bara (בָּרָא), a verb exclusively used to refer to God’s creation of the cosmos (Gen. 1:1). David understood that no amount of reformation of his character would be enough, and instead appealed to that very power of God that created the worlds yesh me’ayin (יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן), “out of nothing.” Such was the nature of the remedy required…”

The Three – Introduction

11 Wednesday Sep 2013

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If you just had a few moments to call out a warning to people you love, what would you say and how would you say it? What would you be willing to risk? If you knew that the warning would be scoffed at and ignored, would you still give it?

I ask you to consider these questions and more in a series called, “The Three.”

In the last letter of the Bible, there’s a lot of symbolism; a story being told with vivid imagery. In that letter we find this urgent message in Revelation 14:6-11.

This passage has it all: angels, the entire world, fear and glory, judgment, worship, Babylon, adultery, beasts, wrath, and more. It ends with the dire message:

“There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

We already have some questions: What’s going on here? Why is this message in the Bible? Why do some parts sound horrific? Who is this message for and why is it being given?

Would you be willing to come along with me over the next few weeks as we seek the answers to these questions?