Monthly Archives: April 2010

what is the image of God?

People like to know what they are getting all the time, especially when they have something and they want to keep it as long as they can. In the story of creation, the first one, in Genesis 1, the man is getting a present from the eternal one and this is a Quality that called [...]

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The time of the righteous people and the time of the evil people

One of the questions that I keep asking myself from day till night is what really God knows about us- can he tell a priori whether a man would be righteous or evil- do we have a choice, a free will, or everything is clear for him? One the metaphor that is being used is [...]

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Leviathan

“  זֶה, הַיָּם גָּדוֹל–    וּרְחַב יָדָיִם:שָׁם-רֶמֶשׂ, וְאֵין מִסְפָּר;    חַיּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת, עִם-גְּדֹלוֹת.  שָׁם, אֳנִיּוֹת יְהַלֵּכוּן;    לִוְיָתָן, זֶה-יָצַרְתָּ לְשַׂחֶק-בּוֹ.” “Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living Thou hast formed to sport therein.” Psalms 104:25-26 Leviathan (in Hebrew “whale”) is a large sea monster referred to in the Bible. Leviathan is also known as [...]

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Why The Lord said to Moses- I am the god of your father?

When God revealed himself to Moses in the book of Exodus firstly he said 3 words in Hebrew- “אָנֹכִי אֱלֹהֵי אָבִיךָ” “‘I am the God of thy father” (Ex. 3:6) One of the question that will never ask is how Moses believed him, how did he know that this is the God of his father [...]

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