God is interested in your glory, your honor, your Joy. wearing garments of honor” often refers to the special priestly garments commanded by God in Exodus 28, signifying holiness, glory, and beauty in ...
The Lilith myth holds that Eve was not Adam’s first wife. His first wife, Lilith, had some issues with Adam’s patriarchal ...
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Greek and Egyptian artifacts in Megiddo, supporting biblical accounts of a historic ...
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, ...
Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...
Former New York Yankees catcher and manager Yogi Berra once quipped, “Wherever you go, there you are.” There is a lot of truth as well as humor in that statement.
Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We ...
1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday – just like Passover and Chanukah – which highlights the transition of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days ...
We see God fulfill his word, exiling his people from the Promised Land and Jerusalem, culminating with being conquered by Babylon and King Nebuchadnezzar. However, despite the Jewish failure and ...
Fast forward to the book of Daniel in which God’s people have been exiled and are living under Babylonian rule. In Daniel 7, Daniel receives a vision of four beasts. The vision corresponds to ...
According to the Biblical book of Daniel’s interpretation of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream about the future, Babel was forecast to be succeeded by the Persians, followed by the Greeks and ...
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the ...