Balaq – Balak: devastator, annihilator B’midbar (Numbers) 22:2 – 25:9 Mikhah (Micah) 5:6 – 6:8 Romans 11:25-32; I Corinthians 1:20-31 There are so many varieties of people in the world! Cultures, dress, foods, festivals, tribal characteristics, and national practices are amazingly diverse, even among the people of God in His Kingdom. But human beings easily…
Category: Klug’s Korner
Yeshua and the Brazen Serpent
Chukat – Statutes, customs, ordinances B’midbar (Numbers) 19:1 – 22:1; Shoftim (Judges) 11:1-33; Matthew 21:1-17; Yochanan (John) 3:9 – 21 What is wrong with this painting? You’ve seen it many times. Typically, the serpent is talking Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. But could there be a clue in this event as to how the…
Gospel Hardened or Broken and Contrite?
B’midbar (Numbers) 16:1 – 18:32 Shemu’el Alef (I Samuel) 11:14 – 12:22 Romans 13:1-7 Last Shabbat we learned that rebellion is defined by the Scriptures as unbelief that says “God can’t. God won’t.” What is at the root of rebellion in this Torah portion? Why do Torah-keeping leaders brace themselves every time of the year…
Don’t You Ever Give Up on Me!
Shelach L’chah Send for Yourself B’midbar (Numbers) 13:1 – 15:41 Yehoshua (Joshua) 2:1-24 Ivriym (Hebrews) 3:7-19 Whose report do we believe today? Do we believe the mainstream media, rebels in town squares, preachers of replacement/dispensational theology, or even the voices of doubt among our mishpocha? Are the alarming reports out there leading us to believe…
These Leaders!
B’ha’alotkha, In your going up, In your lighting up B’midbar (Numbers) 8:1 – 12:16 ZekharYah (Zechariah) 2:10 – 4:7 I Corinthians 10:6-13 Would you agree that we have a leadership crisis in America today? From the highest offices in the land to the lowest, the corruption is so bad we no longer wonder what a…
Samson and the Messiah
Nasso – Elevate, Lift up. Paleo Hebrew of the root word, nun samech – the banner of Life Support. The Word of Yeshua, YHWH Nissi (my banner), is my Life Support! Numbers (B’midbar) 4:21 – 7:89; Judges (Shoftim) 13:2-25; Acts (of the Holy Spirit) 21:17-26 Don’t you just love it when the Spirit of Truth…
Count on the Head
B’midbar (Numbers), In the Wilderness Numbers 1:1 – 4:20; Hosea 1:10 – 2:22; I Corinthians 12:12-20 When the going gets tough, who do you count on? Who do you lift up as the authority in your life that can truly make a difference over what oppresses or keeps you down? Who is the one who…
Old and New Store
Bechuqotay (In My Statutes) Vayiqra (Lev) 26:3 – 27:34 YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 16:19 – 17:14 Yochanan (John) 14:15-21, 15:10-12 Back in the days of horse and buggy, our ancestors went one-stop shopping at the old general stores. Those old superstores had all the necessities of life. No cheap plastic disposable items – goods were durable. Tools…
Hearing from the “Head” on the Mount
Behar, On the Mount Vayiqra (Leviticus) 25:1 – 26:2 YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 32:6-27 Luke 4:16-21 Snow-covered mountain peaks are beautiful to behold on a sunny spring day in the Cascades. Although the Santiam Canyon is free of snow in the lowlands, the mountain tops are still covered in pure white snow. Spring is here – an exhilarating time to…
True Holy Ones
Kedoshim, Holy Ones Vayiqra (Lev) 19:1 – 20:27 Amos 9:7-15; Ezekiel 20:2-20 Matthew 5:33-48, 15:1-11; Luke 10:25-39; I Peter 1:13-25 The pagan roots of Christianity and the evil origins of rabbinic Judaism are subjects many well-intended theologians and intellectuals like to study. Why? Is it to expose where others may be falling short in the…