“Then all the peoples of the earth will know that Adonai is God; there is no other.”– 1 Kings 8:60 In verse 60, King Solomon makes a revolutionary statement about the God of Israel. He declares that Israel’s God is not only the God of the Hebrews… But the God over all of planet earth. […]
1K8-37: Egypt Fell. Babylon Fell. Rome Fell. Israel Remains. Why?
“Blessed be Adonai, who has given rest to his people Israel, in accordance with everything he promised. Not one word has failed of his good promise, which he made through Moshe his servant.“ – 1 Kings 8:56 In verse 56, Solomon utters a declaration that every believer on planet earth, whether Jew or Gentile, should […]
1K8-36: The Torah Is the Blueprint for How God Will Act in the Future
“When Shlomo had finished praying all this prayer and plea to Adonai, he got up from in front of the altar of Adonai, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven…” – 1 Kings 8:54 There’s a key detail missing in the description of Solomon’s dedication prayer over the Temple. We’re […]
1K8-35: The True Scriptural Definition of Faith
I wanna share a few closing thoughts about what the Rambam said about the nature of God before we move on to the next topic. His point was that in the Scriptures, human-like characteristics are applied to the Lord. Yet we should never use these human-like attributes to define who or what God is. Christianity […]
1K8-34: The Trinity — The Gentile Church’s Failed Attempt to Define God
Wanna know why the Doctrine of the Trinity was invented? It was invented as an attempt to do something the Ramban said was impossible for human minds to do: Discern and then define the nature of God. Humans may be able to describe how God acts in this world. But we will never be able […]
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