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Genesis 1:2 — ‘ruach’

Gen. 1:2 says, “the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters” (NASB). The words from the original language for “Spirit” and “moving” give us an intimate picture of who God is.

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Discussions Prophets and Writings

Judges 15 — Samson’s mysterious jawboning about donkeys

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080503%20Judges%2015.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:53 — )Subscribe: RSSThe stories of Samson’s mighty victories with a jawbone of a donkey and torches lit between foxes’ tails are favorites in children’s books. Was Samson just a clever brute hero, or is God trying to send a message down through the ages about what […]

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Discussions Torah

Genesis 1:2 — ‘darkness was on the face of the deep’

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080503%20Genesis%201v2b%20-%20darkness%20on%20the%20face%20of%20the%20deep.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:57 — 10.8MB)Subscribe: RSSGen. 1:2 says that “darkness was on the face of the deep.” How is the “darkness” and “light” in Genesis 1 related to the “darkness” and “light” that apostles Paul and John talk about?

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Appointments With God Firstfruits

Messiah Yeshua: First of the Harvest

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080426%20First%20of%20the%20Harvest.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:42 — )Subscribe: RSSWhy is Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) called the "firstfruits of the resurrection"? How is the biblical celebration of Firstfruits around Passover time connected to Yeshua? Richard explores what God is teaching about a "harvest" of people for God through Messiah. View a larger image. Speaker: […]

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Appointments With God Passover Unleavened Bread

Feast of Unleavened Bread: Get the leaven out

Why does God tell us to remove leaven — “yeast” in the NIV translation — from our mouths, homes and community during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the seven days right after Passover? Why does God tell us then to put leaven in our mouths at Shavu’ot (Pentecost) a short time later? What does this have to do with Messiah? The connection is startling.

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Appointments With God Passover

Why should we care about Passover today?

Why are we to teach our children about plagues, blood, and death of animals and people 3,500 years ago?

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Discussions Torah

Genesis 1:2 — ‘and darkness’

What is the big deal about “light” and “darkness” at the beginning of the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1? How is that connected to the light and darkness Yeshua (Jesus), the prophets and the apostles talk about in connection to people?