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Within the earliest Jewish
traditions, groups of Jewish scholars counted the number of times each
letter appeared in the Scriptures (as well as the number of words,
verses, paragraphs, etc.). These textual specialists were called Soferim
(counters). The Soferim ensured that every Torah scroll (and the other
books of the Tanakh) were identical, noting any unusual words and
spellings and replicating them exactly through their scribal arts. Many
Jews believe that Ezra the Scribe instituted many of the practices of
the Soferim.
In the medieval mystical text called Sefer Yitzirah: The Book of Creation, the letters of the Alphabet are described as the stones used to build a house. They are called the "twenty two letters of foundation." This doctrine highlights the belief in the essential relationship between letters, words and the creative process. |
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Paradise Lost: God’s Judgment
Genesis 3:
20 Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live.[d] 21 And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings[e]
have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach
out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live
forever!” 23 So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. 24 After sending them out, the Lord
God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he
placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to
the tree of life.
Psalm 33 [22 verses]
Cf. Isa. 22:22
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Sovereignty of the Lord in Creation and History
1 Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
4 For the word of the Lord is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
And all His work is done in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;[a]
He lays up the deep in storehouses.
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;[a]
He lays up the deep in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
13 The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
14 From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
15 He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works.
He sees all the sons of men.
14 From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
15 He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works.
16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
19 To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
On those who hope in His mercy,
19 To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
22 Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You
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Favorite Quotes
Indeed,
if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering
nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our
Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are
half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition
when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go o
n
making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by
the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. C. S.
Lewis The Weight of Glory
"Something awful has happened. Something terrible. Something worse
even than the fall of man. For in that greatest of all tragedies, we
merely lost Paradise -- and with it everything that made life worth
living. What has happened since is unthinkable: we gotten used to it.
We're broken in to the idea that this is just the way things are. The
people who walk in great darkness have adjusted their eyes." Eldredge,
The Journey of Desire p9
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Common Sense
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense
Reading Thom Paine's pamphlet of 1776. Goes with the pgs of Dutch Sheet's book on how we are transformed as believers. Read while waiting during Carol's surgery on her shoulder. Interestingly this meshes with the meditations spawned by our present national government in crisis and the scripture that assures us of the coming day when 'the government will be on His [Christ's] shoulder! Also fits with the ponderings on verses with the number 22 which relate to the transformation from a life ruled by the fleshly nature to a life governed by the Holy Spirit as in Gal. 5:22 and 2 Tim. 2:22. Roland Lane told me Common Sense refers to parallels between Israel's refusal to listen to the prophetic voice of Samuel who warned of the consequences of insisting on a King, after the manner of their neighbor nations, and the struggles of the American colonies!
Reading Thom Paine's pamphlet of 1776. Goes with the pgs of Dutch Sheet's book on how we are transformed as believers. Read while waiting during Carol's surgery on her shoulder. Interestingly this meshes with the meditations spawned by our present national government in crisis and the scripture that assures us of the coming day when 'the government will be on His [Christ's] shoulder! Also fits with the ponderings on verses with the number 22 which relate to the transformation from a life ruled by the fleshly nature to a life governed by the Holy Spirit as in Gal. 5:22 and 2 Tim. 2:22. Roland Lane told me Common Sense refers to parallels between Israel's refusal to listen to the prophetic voice of Samuel who warned of the consequences of insisting on a King, after the manner of their neighbor nations, and the struggles of the American colonies!
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